title: Kidney transplantation in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: Despite improvements in overall prognosis in lupus nephritis, 10%-30% of patients with proliferative renal involvement progress to end stage renal disease, according to the severity of the disease and associated socioeconomic factors. Kidney transplantation has been recognized as the most appropriate treatment for those patients, but several issues remain after renal function restoration in a lupus recipient. Among these are the fear of lupus nephritis recurrence in the graft, the choice of immunosuppressive therapy in cases of recurrent lupus for a patient who has already received a toxic and prolonged immunosuppressive course, and finally, the management of comorbidities to reduce associated morbidities in the long term. All the above topics are examined in this review, with the hope of providing a clear picture of data as illustrated in the current literature.
authors.affiliation: Sophia Lionaki, Chrysanthi Skalioti, John N Boletis, Nephrology Department and Transplantation Unit, Laiko Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Sophia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lionaki
authors.affiliation: Sophia Lionaki, Chrysanthi Skalioti, John N Boletis, Nephrology Department and Transplantation Unit, Laiko Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Chrysanthi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Skalioti
authors.affiliation: Sophia Lionaki, Chrysanthi Skalioti, John N Boletis, Nephrology Department and Transplantation Unit, Laiko Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: John N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Boletis
keywords: Kidney transplantation; Lupus; Recurrence