Improved pregnancy outcome in a patient with renal allograft nephropathy undergoing temporary hemodialysis.
We report a case of a woman with a poorly functioning renal allograft and a positive anti-cardiolipin antibody who was dialysis-independent and conceived 18 months following her transplant. She was electively maintained on hemodialysis during the pregnancy and delivered a live infant at 31 weeks gestation. Her renal function returned to prepregnancy levels post partum and she remained dialysis-independent.
Al-Jayyousi
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John Walls Renal Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK.
Carr
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S
Hodgett
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S
Scudamore
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I
Howarth
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E
Singlehurst
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A
Brunskill
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N
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D006435:Renal Dialysis