Renal Transplantation in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Comparison of Graft Survival With Other Causes of End-stage Renal Disease

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) due to lupus nephritis (LN) occurs in 10%–30% of patients. Initially systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was a contraindication for kidney transplantation (KT). Today, long-term graft survival remains controversial. Our objective was to compare the survival after KT in patients with SLE or other causes of ESRD. All SLE patients who had undergone KT in a retrospective cohort were included. Renal graft survival was...