RISK FACTORS FOR POSTTRANSPLANT LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER (PTLD) IN PEDIATRIC KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION: A REPORT OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PEDIATRIC RENAL TRANSPLANT COOPERATIVE STUDY (NAPRTCS)1

Abstract

There is a trend towards increasing incidence and earlier occurrence of PTLD in the pediatric renal transplant population. White race and cadaver donor sources are risk factors not reported before. Continued monitoring of tacrolimus immunosuppression is important.