Abstract | INTRODUCTION: PATIENTS: Among 12 patients with renal failure caused by biopsy-proved FGS who received kidney allografts from living related donors, 2 experienced recurrent FGS. CASE REPORTS: DISCUSSION: Two recipients with severe proteinuria were diagnosed as having recurrent FGS. The incidence of recurrent FGS was 16.7% with 5-year and 10-year graft survival rates among recipients with ESRD caused by FGS of 79.6% and 68.2%, respectively. The incidence and graft survival rates were better than those expected based upon previous reports. Once the recurrence occurred, it was difficult to halt the progression of disease. Effective prevention of FGS and careful observations with maintained of immunosuppression are necessary in these patients.
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Authors | K Akioka, M Okamoto, H Ushigome, Y Kadotani, S Ogino, A Higuchi, Y Wakabayashi, S Kaihara, N Yoshimura |
Journal | Transplantation proceedings
(Transplant Proc)
Vol. 36
Issue 7
Pg. 2167-8
(Sep 2004)
ISSN: 0041-1345 [Print] United States |
PMID | 15518788
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Female
- Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental
(diagnosis, surgery)
- Humans
- Kidney Failure, Chronic
(surgery)
- Kidney Transplantation
- Living Donors
- Male
- Mothers
- Postoperative Period
- Recurrence
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