Renal disease and rheumatic manifestations.
Renal disease has long been recognized as a cause of rheumatic complaints. With the advent of renal replacement therapy, whether dialysis or renal transplantation, the older problems have been supplanted by a new generation of disorders, affecting bone, joints, and soft tissues. This review includes a discussion of recent surveys identifying a high prevalence both of ligamentous laxity in transplant patients and dialysis-associated arthropathy in long-term dialysis patients. Also discussed are studies investigating the natural history of early posttransplant avascular necrosis.
Grennan
D M
DM
Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hosital, Sydney, Australia.
McMahon
M J
MJ
D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*