A case of IgA nephropathy after ABO-incompatible living kidney transplantation

Authors
Takeuchi, O Oikawa, T Usami, T Koyama, K Takeda, A Uchida, K Morozumi, K
Citation
O. Takeuchi et al., A case of IgA nephropathy after ABO-incompatible living kidney transplantation, CLIN TRANSP, 13, 1999, pp. 38-42
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION
ISSN journal
09020063 → ACNP
Volume
13
Year of publication
1999
Supplement
1
Pages
38 - 42
Database
ISI
SICI code
0902-0063(1999)13:<38:ACOINA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A 39-yr-old Japanese man underwent living related kidney transplantation. B ecause the: graft was ABO-incompatible:. he was treated with double filtrat ion plasmapheresis before transplantation and his immunosuppressive therapy was stronger than usual. However immunoglobulin A nephropathy, accompanied by cellular crescents and necrotizing lesions, developed after 18 months. To our knowledge. the association of IgA nephropathy with ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation has not been reported previously.