Kidney Transplants

Research on kidney transplants discussed by C. Mousson and co-researchers

Published in Blood Weekly, January 17th, 2008

According to a study from Dijon, France, "Crescentic IgA nephropathy is an uncommon finding in native kidneys (3%-5%) and in renal transplants. This study was performed to determine the frequency of relapsing crescentic IgA nephropathy after kidney transplantation."

"Over a 15-year period, 42 patients (25 men, 17 women) of age range 17 to 59 years with biopsy-proven IgA nephropathy in their native kidneys were entered into this retrospective study, because they had undergone kidney transplantation and had sequential allograft biopsies during their follow-up. Mean follow-up after transplantation was 8.9 years (range, 1-15 years). In their native kidneys, 5 patients (12%)...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2008-01-17)

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