... should focus in addressing unanswered issues such as the appropriate dose and duration of immunosuppressive treatment, timing of steroid withdrawal, and drug toxicity. In addition, data are still lacking regarding pregnancy and kidney transplantation in LN and knowledge about these important areas...

.... Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome Thrombotic microangiopathy Complement Eculizumab Kidney transplant Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is one of the disorders that belong to the spectrum of the thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA). TMAs are a group of life-threatening diseases, characterized...

... present a case of a 53-year-old kidney transplant recipient with a history of DM, active vesicoureteral reflux, and recurrent urinary tract infections who developed EPN in the kidney allograft caused by Candida glabrata , 3 weeks after starting treatment with empagliflozin, with an aggressive course...

...Aditi Gupta; Tashra S. Thomas; Jeffrey A. Klein; Robert N. Montgomery; Jonathan D. Mahnken; David K. Johnson; David A. Drew; Mark J. Sarnak; Jeffrey M. Burns Background: Cognitive impairment is common in kidney transplant (KT) recipients and affects quality of life, graft survival, morbidity...

... and kidney transplant recipients (KTR) are considered at risk of contracting fungal infections, but the few published data do not reach the conclusion of whether they are predisposed to OM. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and etiology of OM in these patients and to determine the antifungal...

...Daniel Cukor; Nisha Ver Halen; Melissa Pencille; Fasika Tedla; Moro Salifu Background: Nonadherence to immunosuppressant medication is a prevalent practice among kidney transplant recipients and has been associated with increased risk for graft failure and economic burden. The aim of this pilot...

...Luis A. Morales; Zulma A. González; Eduardo A. Santiago-Delpín Chromoblastomycosis is a rare, deep mycosis seen mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. We have encountered a kidney transplant recipient with this subcutaneous mycosis developing as an asymptomatic mass in the right forearm...

...Elaine M. Worcester; Susan K. Fellner; Yasushi Nakagawa; Fredric L. Coe Serum levels of oxalate are elevated in uremic patients on dialysis. The effect of living related donor kidney transplants on serum and urine oxalate levels was studied in 8 patients. Serum and urine oxalate levels were...

...Avi Livneh; Deborah Zemer; Bruno Siegal; Arie Laor; Ezra Sohar; Mordechai Pras Twenty-one familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients who received a kidney transplant for terminal renal failure due to amyloidosis were studied retrospectively to evaluate the prophylactic effect of colchicine...

...L. Murer; G. Zacchello; G. Basso; G. Palù; A. Barbato; G.F. Zanon; F. Zacchello A nonradioactive in situ hybridization technique was utilized for the rapid and early diagnosis of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in children undergoing kidney transplantation. The cellular samples were obtained...

...Ewa Żukowska-Szczechowska; Władysław Grzeszczak; Franciszek Kokot; Teresa Nieszporek; Stanisław Kuśmierski; Adam Szkodny In 24 patients with a kidney transplant and in 10 healthy subjects the test meal response of immunoreactive insulin (IRI), glucagon (IR-G), pancreatic polypeptide (IR-PP...

...Antonio Piccoli; Gianfranco Rizzoni; Cristina Tessarin; Gilberto Calconi; Matilde Filippini; Mauro Dugo; Arturo Borsatti A retrospective clinical assessment of kidney function change was performed on 38 kidney transplant patients over a median follow-up period of 128 weeks. Full records...

...R. Romero; A. Caralps; A. Brulles; J. Andreu; J. Griño; J. Matin-Comin Anuria is a frequent complication during the immediate post-transplantation period in kidney transplant recipients. Radioisotopic studies with 13l I-Hippuran and 99m Tc-pertechnetate allow correct differentiation between viable...

.... Hypertension, kidney transplant, familial factors Kidney transplant Kidney function Prednisone and antihypertensive therapy Body weight Original Papers Nephron 41: 14 21 (1985) © 1985 S. Karger AG. Basel 0028-2766/85/0411-00I4S2.7 5 /0 Hypertension in Man with a Kidney Transplant: Role of Familial...

... secretion with elevated plasma free calcium which in this period is the only marker of parathyroid hyperfunction. Plasma ionized calcium Kidney transplant Hyperparathyroidism © 1986 S. Karger AG, Basel 1986 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part...

... the first 4 months after transplantation (p < 0.05). Therefore, it seems reasonable to consider that there is some influence of familial existence of hypertension on the renal pressure regulatory mechanisms. Kidney transplant Familial factors Essential hypertension © 1982 S. Karger AG, Basel...

...Jhoong S. Cheigh; Stuart D. Saal; Manikkam Suthanthiran; Robert R. Riggio; Marilena Fotino; William T. Stubenbord; Kurt H. Stenzel; Albert L. Rubin The foremost goal in organ transplantation is to achieve normal graft function without rejection. 31 (8.7%) of 357 cadaveric kidney transplants had...

...Nivia Cruz; Osvaldo Ramírez-Muxó; Ramon H. Bermúdez; Eduardo A. Santiago-Delpin A 24-year-old man developed a severe pleuropulmonary infection with Mycobacterium kansasii 18 months after receiving a kidney transplant from his mother. Intestinal malabsorption with severe diarrhea and a skin abscess...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Uremia Myocardiopathy Reversible Kidney transplant Dialysis Nephron 15: 17-28(1975) Uremic Myocardiopathy Luiz Estevam Ianhez, J oao Lowen and Emil Sabbaga Renal Transplant Unit, Clinical Hospital, Sao Paulo Medical School. Sao...

... in kidney transplant recipients. Transplantation 1995;59:1426. 11. Ware AJ, Luby JP, Holinger B, et al: Etiology of liver disease in renal-transplant patients. Ann Intern Med 1979;91:364. 12. Pol S, Debure A, Degott C, et al: Chronic hepatitis in kidney allograft recipients. Lancet 1990;335:878...