Identification and characterization of kidney transplants with good glomerular filtration rate at 1 year but subsequent progressive loss of renal function.

Abstract

After the first year after kidney transplantation, 3% to 5% of grafts fail each year but detailed studies of how grafts progress to failure are lacking. This study aimed to analyze the functional stability of kidney transplants between 1 and 5 years after transplantation and to identify initially well-functioning grafts with progressive decline in allograft function.