Recurrent IgA nephropathy in the renal allograft: Not a benign condition

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1070-1073

  Floege, Jürgen ^a   Gröne, Hermann Josef ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

allograft; graft loss; IgA nephropathy; immunosuppression; recurrence

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HLA ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RENAL GRAFT DYSFUNCTION;

ALLOGRAFT; GRAFT LOSS; IGA NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; RECURRENCE;

FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 84877943455     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gft077     Document Type: Article

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