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- Title
The Case ∣ Allograft dysfunction in a patient with sickle cell disease.
- Authors
O'Rourke, Edward J.; Laing, Christopher M.; Khan, Aakif U.; Hussain, R.; Standish, Richard A.; Buscombe, John R.; Hilson, Andrew J. W.; Harber, Mark
- Abstract
The article focuses on the study concerning the diagnosis of acute renal allograft in patient with sickle cell disease. The 33 year old underwent several surgeries with immediate graft function. The percutaneous renal biopsy of the patient shows focal cortical necrosis and acute tubular damage coherent with ischemia. It concludes that the allograft sickling is the primary cause of the acute renal dysfunction in patients with sickle cell disease.
- Subjects
PATIENTS; LIVING related donor transplantation; SICKLE cell anemia; BIOPSY; HEALTH promotion; MEDICAL research
- Publication
Kidney International, 2008, Vol 74, Issue 9, p1219
- ISSN
0085-2538
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ki.2008.387