A case of IgA nephropathy after ABO-incompatible living kidney transplantation.
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.
Takeuchi
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The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan.
Oikawa
T
T
Usami
T
T
Koyama
K
K
Takeda
A
A
Uchida
K
K
Morozumi
K
K
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
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents