title: A case of IgA nephropathy after ABO-incompatible living kidney transplantation.
abstract: A 39-yr-old Japanese man underwent living related kidney transplantation. Because the graft was ABO-incompatible, he was treated with double filtration plasmapheresis before transplantation and his immunosuppressive therapy was stronger than usual. However, immunoglobulin A nephropathy, accompanied by cellular crescents and necrotizing lesions, developed after 18 months. To our knowledge, the association of IgA nephropathy with ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation has not been reported previously.
authors.affiliation: The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oikawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Usami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morozumi
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001787:Blood Group Incompatibility; D005922:Glomerulonephritis, IGA / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000473:pathology; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D010956:Plasmapheresis / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents