END-STAGE RENAL-DISEASE (ESRD) AFTER BONE-MARROW TRANSPLANTATION - POOR SURVIVAL COMPARED TO OTHER CAUSES OF ESRD

Chronic renal failure after successful bone marrow transplantation (BM T) may diminish the quality of life and may also evolve to end-stage r enal disease (ESRD) requiring chronic dialysis. Individual reports sug gest poor survival of such patients. We evaluated the survival with ES RD after BMT by the case-control method. We found that patients who de velop ESRD after BMT have a significantly decreased survival as compar ed with non-BMT patients. This was true for both diabetic and nondiabe tic ESRD (both p < 0.03). These data demonstrate the poor outcome of E SRD after BMT which emphasizes the need for a better understanding of chronic renal failure after BMT.