title: Transient improvement of hypertension-induced chronic renal failure with mycophenolate mofetil treatment.
abstract: A young female with essential hypertension developed progressive azotemia; renal biopsy showed hypertensive nephrosclerosis with considerable tubulointerstitial disease and cellular infiltration. The addition of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) to her antihypertensive treatment resulted in a dramatic improvement of renal function during the following three months. When the patient discontinued MMF treatment, end-stage renal failure rapidly developed. This patient represents the first report of the beneficial use of MMF in non-immune chronic renal disease and demonstrates that significant functional improvement may be obtained with the addition of MMF to the treatment of hypertensive nephrosclerosis for patients in whom there is significant tubulointerstitial inflammatory infiltration.
authors.affiliation: Renal Service and the Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad del Zulia School of Medicine, Maracaibo, Venezuela. joseherrerac@cantv.net
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Herrera
authors.forename: Maribel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chávez
authors.forename: Crispín
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marín
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002216:Captopril / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006830:Hydralazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009173:Mycophenolic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009400:Nephrosclerosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D006830:Hydralazine; D002216:Captopril; D009173:Mycophenolic Acid