Renal allograft nephropathy in patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Renal allotransplantation is the most effective and safest mode of renal replacement therapy in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM),and currently is recognized as method of choice for patients with end-stage renal disease. Due to variety of factors damaging transplantedkidney in patients with DM, issues of long-term survival of the graft constitute a serious problem. Therefore, special attentionshould be directed at correction of rejection risk factors in order to prolong graft survival - and prevent development and progressionof chronic allograft nephropathy.

Keywords

• diabetes mellitus
• renal transplantation
• graft nephropathy