The clinical course of IgA Nephropathy after Kidney Transplantation and its management

Immunoglobulin (Ig) A nephropathy is one of the most common primary glomerulonephritides worldwide causing end stage renal disease in up to 20 –40% of affected patients, nearly two decades post diagnosis. Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for patients with renal failure, secondary to glomerular diseases. However, IgA nephropathy has a strong tendency to recur in the graft, and although initially thought to be a benign con dition, several reports of graft loss, due to recurrent IgA nephropathy, there have been over the last three decades.
Source: Transplantation Reviews - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: Review article Source Type: research