Publications by authors named "Luis Capdevila Plaza"

There's no controlled and prospective studies which show the safest and most effective way to reduce or suspend immunosuppression drugs dosage, and only few groups have published their own protocols. There are reasons to discontinue the immunosuppression therapy; the high incidence of infections is the most important. However, a fast withdrawal is not free of problems, like are residual renal function decline and graft intolerance signs, which could take to nephrectomy, a high risk intervention.

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In kidney transplantation patient and graft survival are excellent in short-term and mid-term, although they remain stable in the long-term.The incidence of acute rejection has decreased to 8%-15%.Despite marked progress in understanding immunologic mechanisms involved in transplantation, new tools are required to detect early changes that could affect allograft function allowing us to anticipate histological lesions and providing a more accurate use of immunosuppressive drugs.

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