PLASMAPHERESIS MAINTAINED RENAL-FUNCTION IN AN ALLOGRAFT WITH RECURRENT MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS TYPE-I

Authors
MUCZYNSKI KA
Citation
Ka. Muczynski, PLASMAPHERESIS MAINTAINED RENAL-FUNCTION IN AN ALLOGRAFT WITH RECURRENT MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS TYPE-I, American journal of nephrology, 15(5), 1995, pp. 446-449
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
American journal of nephrology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02508095
Volume
15
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
446 - 449
Database
ISI
SICI code
0250-8095(1995)15:5<446:PMRIAA>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Six months posttransplant, a 38-year-old woman developed acute renal f ailure due to recurrent idiopathic membranoproliferative glomeruloneph ritis (MPGN) type I. MPGN was associated with an elevated rheumatoid f actor and IgM deposition in the mesangium. Plasmapheresis with albumin replacement improved and maintained renal function for over a year wh ile cytotoxic agents were administered in an attempt to control the gl omerulonephritis. The patient currently has a functional renal allogra ft 2 years posttransplant.