• R J Howard, R M Condie, D E Sutherland, R L Simmons, and J S Najarian.
• Ann. Surg. 1977 Nov 1; 186 (5): 619-24.

AbstractSeventy-three recipients of renal allografts from cadaver donors, and 121 recipients of kidneys from living related donors were studied to determine whether there were any differences in posttransplant results between patients that had a high average serum concentration of ALG (>/=800 microg/ml) during the two weeks of ALG therapy and patients that had low serum levels (/=800 microg/ml when high risk patients with diabetes mellitus were excluded. There were significantly also fewer rejection episodes at three months in recipients of living related kidney grafts that had serum ALG levels >/=800 microg/ml. When high risk diabetics or patients older than 40 were excluded from the related recipients, the number of rejection episodes was still significantly less in patients with high serum ALG levels. There was significantly less kidney loss 24 and more months posttransplant in recipients of kidneys from living related donors whether or not high risk patients were excluded. These results support previous reports from the University of Minnesota indicating ALG is a safe and effective immunosuppressive agent in renal allograft recipients.

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