A Case of Recurrent Immunotactoid Glomerulopathy in an Allograft Treated With Rituximab

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3953-3955

  Sathyan, S ^a   Khan, F N ^a   Ranga, K V ^a  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CADAVER KIDNEY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULOPATHY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOTACTOID GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; IMMUNOTACTOID GLOMERULOPATHY; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; PROTEINURIA; RECURRENCE; TACROLIMUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 71749116865     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.03.100     Document Type: Article

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