1Multiorgan Transplant Unit, Rangueil University Hospital, Toulouse, France.
2Professor L. Rostaing, Rangueil University Hospital, 1 Av. Jean Poulhès, TSA 50032, 31059 Toulouse Cédex 9, France. E-mail
3Institut de Transplantation et de Recherche en Transplantation, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France.
4Service de Nephrologie et Transplantation, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France.
5Charité, Universitätsklinik, Nephrologie, Berlin, Germany.
6Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, General Surgery IV, University Hospital, Padova, Italy.
7Hopital Nord, CHU Saint-Etienne, Service de Nephrologie, Saint-Etienne, France.
8Landeskrankenhaus Innsbruck, Transplantation, Innsbruck, Austria.
9Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Unidad de Dialisis, Barcelona, Spain.
10Hopital Henri Mondor, Service de Nephrologie, Creteil, France.
11Hopital Michallon, Chu Nord, Nephrologie et Transplantation, Grenoble, France.
12August 2004. Revision requested 14 September 2004. Accepted 21 October 2004.
13Hospital La Paz, Servicio de Nefrologia, Madrid, Spain.
14Hopital Bicetre, Service de Nephrologie, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France.
15Hôpital Saint Louis, Service de Néphrologie, Paris, France.
16Hospital Universitario "La Fe," Pabellón Central, Servicio de Nefrologia, Valencia, Spain.
17Hospital Clinic I Provincial, Servicio de Nefrologia, Barcelona, Spain.
18Hopitaux Brabois Adulte, Service de Nephrologie, les Nancy, France.