title: Early recurrence of lupus nephritis after renal transplantation--a case report.
abstract: The risk of recurrent lupus nephritis (LN) in renal transplant recipients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) used to be rare (1-4%). However, recent studies have suggested a higher rate of recurrence in SLE patients after renal transplantation (up to 30%). The interval from transplantation to recurrence of LN has been reported to vary from five days to eight years. We report here a renal transplant recipient with SLE who had recurrent LN 10 d after transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horita
authors.forename: Wako
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yumura
authors.forename: Shouhei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fuchinoue
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Teraoka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000276:immunology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D008181:Lupus Nephritis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors