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Nephrol Dial Transplant (2004) 19: 43-46
© ERA–EDTA 2003; all rights reserved

Congress Report

WCN 2003 Satellite Symposium on Kidney Transplantation in the Elderly, Weimar, Germany, June 12–14, 2003

Seema Baid-Agrawal1, Petra Reinke1, Ralf Schindler1, Stefan Tullius2 and Ulrich Frei1

1Med. Klinik m.S. Nephrologie und Intern. Intensivmedizin and 2Klinik für Allgemein-Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany

Correspondence and offprint requests to: Professor Ulrich Frei, Med. Klinik m.S. Nephrologie und Intern. Intensivmedizin, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Augustenburger Platz 1, D-13353 Berlin, Germany. Email: ulrich.frei@charite.de

Keywords: donor; elderly; kidney transplantation; recipient

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The population of patients with end-stage renal disease is growing worldwide. In most of the western countries, the median age of patients on dialysis is now ~65 years. Although transplantation is considered the treatment of choice in the elderly as compared with dialysis treatment, so far it has not been offered to elderly patients in an adequate way. To address the topic of ‘Renal transplantation in the elderly’ in depth, a 2 day satellite symposium was organized in Weimar by the Nephrology Department of the University Hospital Charité, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany. Twenty internationally renowned experts in the field of aging and kidney transplantation discussed and shared their experience with 80 transplant clinicians from all over the world. The main topics of discussion were the following: anatomy, physiology and immune responses of the aging kidneys, experimental models of rejection, single-centre experiences and views from databases on outcome of transplantation in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Old-for-old kidney allocation: rationale

Anatomy and physiology of the aging kidney

Immune response in the elderly

Experimental models and rejection

Outcome of kidney transplantation in the elderly: single centre experiences

Outcome of kidney transplantation in the elderly: experience from large databases

Plenary discussion


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