Immunology in Kidney Transplantation
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health problem, due to its high incidence and prevalence, especially associated with chronicdegenerative diseases such as diabetes mellitus (DM) and systemic arterial hypertension (SAH). However, these causes, although they represent the majority of the etiology, are not the only ones. There are some others, such as glomerular primary, secondary glomerular diseases, vascular or urinary system malformations, polycystic disease, and infectious diseases, many others.