Favorable outcome of renal transplantation in patients with IgA nephropathy.

Abstract

A clinical recurrence of IgAN occurred in 4% of patients with a cadaveric donor graft and 20% of patients with a living-related donor graft. The recurrence had negligible influence on 5- and 10-year graft survival. Graft survival after cadaveric transplantation was better in the IgAN patients compared to control groups; possibly due to the lower immunological failure rate in IgAN.