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Nephrol Dial Transplant (2002) 17: 222-228
© 2002 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

Dialysis and Transplantation News

Renal transplantation in Iran

Ahad J. Ghods

Division of Nephrology and Transplantation Unit, Hashemi Nejad Kidney Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Introduction

Iran—formerly called Persia—is located in the Middle East between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. It covers 1648000 km2 and has 60 million inhabitants. The prevalence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients in Iran is about 15000 and the annual incidence of new ESRD patients is 3175 or 53 patients per million populations per year. Iran has the most successful renal transplant programme in the region. The renal transplant activity of the country has reached 24 renal transplants per million per year. There are two periods in the evolution of the renal transplantation programme in Iran. During the first period (1967–1988) all transplants were from living related donors (LRD) and the number of renal transplants performed was much lower than the national demand. In the beginning of the second period (1988–2000) by careful attention to the country's cultural, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds a controlled living unrelated donor (LURD) renal . . . [Full Text of this Article]

History of renal transplantation in Iran (1967–2000)

The practice of renal transplantation in Iran

Growth of the chronic haemodialysis programme (1967–2000)
Sources of kidney donation in Iran

Living related kidney donation
Cadaveric kidney donation
Living unrelated kidney donation
Donor–recipient evaluation and immunosuppression protocols

Results

Discussion

Editor’s Note

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