A case of recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) involving massive proteinuria (>50g/day) immediately after renal transplantation

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 23, 2011, Pages 53-58

  Okamoto, Masahiko ^a   Koshino, Katsuhiro ^b   Sakai, Kazuki ^b   Nobori, Shuji ^b   Matsuyama, Masahide ^a   Ushigome, Hidetaka ^b   Okajima, Hideaki ^b   Masuzawa, Naoko ^c   Yoshimura, Norio ^a,b  

^a Department of Organ Interaction Research Medicine ^*  (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; Low density lipoprotein apheresis; Podocyte; Recurrence; Renal transplantation; Rituximab

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIZORIBINE; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PERITONITIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REPERFUSION; SUBENDOTHELIUM; TISSUE SECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; FEMALE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROTEINURIA; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957618596     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2011.01455.x     Document Type: Article

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