Long-term survival in Japanese renal transplant recipients with Alport syndrome: a retrospective study

Long-term survival in Japanese renal transplant recipients with Alport syndrome: a retrospective study

Abstract Background Patients with Alport syndrome (AS) develop progressive kidney dysfunction due to a hereditary type IV collagen deficiency. Survival of the kidney allograft in patients with AS is reportedly excellent because AS does not recur. However, several studies have implied that the type I...

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Main Authors: Ai Katsuma, Yasuyuki Nakada, Izumi Yamamoto, Shigeru Horita, Miyuki Furusawa, Kohei Unagami, Haruki Katsumata, Masayoshi Okumi, Hideki Ishida, Takashi Yokoo, Kazunari Tanabe, Japan Academic Consortium of Kidney Transplantation (JACK)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Subjects:
Alport syndrome
Kidney transplantation
Type IV collagen
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-018-1052-9

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