Rejection nephropathy: course and prognosis

A clinical-morphological study in 134 recipients of first renal allografts (15 related and 119 non-related) was performed with the aim to establish prognosis of different types of rejection nephropathy. Following order of prognosis (from the worst to the best) was found: necrotic lesion, early vascular lesion, late vascular lesion, late interstitial lesion. Several factors of importance were discussed.