Simultaneous Kidney and Parathyroid Transplantation in the Management of Genetic Hypoparathyroidism in a Child

Background. Genetically determined hypoparathyroidism can lead to life-threatening episodes of hypocalcemia and, more rarely, to end-stage kidney disease at a young age. Parathyroid allotransplantation is the only curative treatment, and in patients already receiving immunosuppression for kidney tra...

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Main Authors: Natalie Vallant, MD, PhD, Manish D. Sinha, MRCP, PhD, Moira Cheung, MRCPCH, PhD, Nick Ware, MBBS, MRCPCH, Helen Jones, MB, BChir, Jackie Buck, BM, BS, DCH, FRCPCH, Catherine Boffa, MD, Melita Irving, MRCPH, MD (Res), Paul V. Carroll, MD, MRCPI, FRCP, Johnathan Hubbard, MD, FRCS, EBQ, Refik Gökmen, MRCP, PhD, Lesley Rees, MBChB, MRCP (UK), MD, FRCP, FRCPCH, Petrut Gogalniceanu, PhD, FRCS, Nicos Kessaris, MBBS, FRCS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2022-04-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001284