Graft survival among adult African American kidney transplant patients remains low compared to whites, but does the same disparity exist among pediatric kidney transplant patients? American Journal of Transplantation
The Dialysis Access Consortium results show that clopidogrel has short-term efficacy against thrombosis, but frequent suitability failure in hemodialysis patients. Medscape Medical News
Six weeks of treatment with cholecalciferol corrected vitamin D deficiency in dialysis patients, with no changes in serum calcium or parathyroid hormone levels. Medscape Medical News
Epidermal innervation may not be positively affected in type 1 diabetic patients who undergo simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation, Czech and German researchers report in the August issue of Diabetes Care. Reuters Health Information
