Successful Treatment of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis after Kidney Transplantation with Plasma Exchange and Abatacept in a Patient with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

Recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) after renal transplantation is difficult to treat. Recently a series of four patients unresponsive to plasma exchange (PE) and rituximab, who were successfully treated with abatacept, has been reported. We present a 26-year-old Caucasian patient wh...

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Main Authors: Hannelore Sprenger-Mähr, Emanuel Zitt, Afschin Soleiman, Karl Lhotta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Transplantation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7137584
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