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Med."],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Background<\/jats:title><jats:p>Biopsy-proven causes of graft loss many years after kidney transplantation are scarcely documented.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients transplanted between 1995 and 2005 (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 737) in a single center were followed on a regular basis until 2021. The recipients were divided according to age at transplantation into 3 groups; 18\u201339 years (young), 40\u201355 years (middle age), and older than 55 years (elderly). For cause biopsies of renal transplants were clustered into the categories, rejection, IFTA, return original disease, and diagnosis of <jats:italic>de novo<\/jats:italic> kidney disease.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Rejection was the main cause of graft failure censored for death at every time period after transplantation. The incidence of T cell-mediated rejection (TCMR) became rare 6 years after transplantation while the cumulative incidence of antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) increased over time (1.1% per year). ABMR was not diagnosed anymore beyond 15 years of follow-up in recipients without pre-transplant donor-specific antibodies (DSA). An episode of TCMR was associated with an increased incidence of ABMR diagnosis in the short-term but did not increase the overall incidence of AMBR not in the long-term. 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