Late Graft Loss After Kidney Transplantation: Is “Death With Function” Really Death With a Functioning Allograft?

Conclusions. DWF and DC-GF in kidney transplant recipients represent differing clinical phenotypes occurring in distinct patient populations. Reducing the impact of DWF requires better definition of causes and clinical course and then trials of therapies to improve outcomes. Composite endpoints in clinical trials that group DWF and DC-GF together may obscure important clinical findings.
Source: Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Original Clinical Science—General Source Type: research