Long-term outcome of live donor kidney transplantation for renal amyloidosis.

Background: The short-term outcome of kidney transplantation in patients with amyloidosis has been reported. The aim of this study is to investigate long-term results in patients with renal amyloidosis.

Methods: We studied results of renal transplantation in 23 amyloidotic transplant recipients compared with those in a control group of 47 nonamyloidotic patients.