Our Unique Experience with Low-Dose Alemtuzumab as an Induction Agent for Renal Transplantation: A Case Series by Cherin Josi, Arjun Parthasarathy, Divya Sundar, Milly Matthew, Premkumar Rajendran, Georgi Abraham

“…All the patients underwent live donor kidney transplants. One patient had regrafting. All the patients had their CDC and flow crossmatch done and were negative. …”
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Successful Use of Ectopic Pelvic Kidney for Living Related Donation Technical Aspects and Literature Review by R. C. Minnee, H. J. A. N. Kimenai, J. van de Wetering, J. N. M. Ijzermans

“…The use of ectopic pelvic kidney for living kidney transplantation is a highly demanding surgical procedure but after extensive preoperative investigation in high volume centers with surgical expertise in vascular reconstruction and access surgery, ectopic pelvic kidneys should not be a contraindication for donation and should be considered as a viable option.…”
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Collecting Duct Carcinoma of the Native Kidney in a Renal Transplant Recipient by Ian Zheng, Mahmoud Alameddine, Yaohong Tan, Zhobin Moghadamyeghaneh, Joshua S. Jue, Ali Yusufali, Ahmed Farag, Gaetano Ciancio

“…We report a case of CDC of the native kidney in a 59-year-old man who initially underwent kidney transplantation five years before the time of presentation. …”
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Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Recent Advances and Insights by Francesco Lasorsa, Arianna Biasatti, Angelo Orsini, Gabriele Bignante, Gabriana M. Farah, Savio Domenico Pandolfo, Luca Lambertini, Deepika Reddy, Rocco Damiano, Pasquale Ditonno, Giuseppe Lucarelli, Riccardo Autorino, Srinivas Vourganti

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Simultaneous Penile and Signet Ring Cell Bladder Carcinoma in Renal Transplant Recipient: A First Case by Francesca Manassero, Gianluca Giannarini, Davide Paperini, Andrea Mogorovich, Greta Alí, Ugo Boggi, Cesare Selli

“…The patient received kidney transplantation 7 years prior to this event. After adequate surgical treatment (partial amputation of the penis for squamous cell carcinoma and complete transurethral resection of bladder adenocarcinoma), the patient was noted to be free of tumor recurrence and had functioning renal graft with a 2-year follow-up.…”
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Salvation of a solitary kidney in a patient with grade IV renal trauma: a case report by Hyuntack Shin, Ae Jin Sung, Min A Lee, Jayun Cho, Gil Jae Lee, Byungchul Yu, Kang Kook Choi

“…., renal cell carcinoma), and donation for kidney transplantation. According to the European Association of Urology, the World Society of Emergency Surgery, and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma guidelines, it is important to preserve the remaining renal function as much as possible when a solitary kidney patient has suffered a traumatic kidney injury. …”
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False Positive B-Cells Crossmatch after Prior Rituximab Exposure of the Kidney Donor by Judith Desoutter, Marie-Joëlle Apithy, Ségolène Bartczak, Nicolas Guillaume

“…Crossmatching is essential prior to kidney transplantation to confirm compatibility between the donor and the recipient, particularly to prevent acute antibody-mediated rejection. …”
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Salvage after Retroperitoneal Kidney Allograft Torsion by Justin M. Greco, David C. Mulligan, Peter S. Yoo

“…Failure after kidney transplantation is caused by surgical, immunological, and infective complications. …”
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Caring for Patients with CRF: Rewards and Benefits by Ayman Karkar

“…Early referral of patients with CRF has the advantage of receiving adequate management and regular followup, with significant reduction in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, attending an education program, prepared psychologically, participate in the decision of type of RRT, preemptive kidney transplantation, early creation of dialysis access, and adequate training in selected modality of RRT. …”
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Mycophenolate Mofetil and Clostridium difficile-associated Colitis by A. I. Dolgushina, A. A. Selyanina, E. A. Mezenceva, A. G. Vasilenko, L. I. Pozdeeva, L. Yu. Zhuravleva, E. R. Olevskaya, E. A. Fedorova

“…A history of diabetic nephropathy and related-donor pre-dialysis kidney transplantation in 2012, since when MMF intake was 2000 mg daily. …”
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Hyperacute Rejection of a Living Unrelated Kidney Graft by Dietlind Tittelbach-Helmrich, Dirk Bausch, Oliver Drognitz, Heike Goebel, Christian Schulz-Huotari, Albrecht Kramer-Zucker, Ulrich Theodor Hopt, Przemyslaw Pisarski

“…This was his second kidney transplantation. Pretransplant T-cell crossmatch resulted negative. …”
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Prognostic and Diagnostic Value of Endocan in Kidney Diseases by Elisabeth Samouilidou, Virginia Athanasiadou, Eirini Grapsa

“…Endocan could additionally improve the early diagnostic evaluation of acute kidney disease, chronic renal allograft injury, and acute rejection after kidney transplantation, thus contributing to endothelial cell injury monitoring in a timely manner.…”
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Dendritic Cell-Based Approaches for Therapeutic Immune Regulation in Solid-Organ Transplantation by Giuseppe Vassalli

“…Two clinical trials in type-1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis have been carried out, and other trials, including one trial in kidney transplantation, are in progress or are imminent.…”
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Intra-Abdominal Localisation of a Buschke-Lowenstein Tumour: Case Presentation and Review of the Literature by N. E. Wester, E. M. Hutten, C. Krikke, Robert A. Pol

“…Treatment was impeded by cachexia, an immunosuppressive state after kidney transplantation and difficulties in establishing a reliable diagnose. …”
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Successful Outcome of a Corticodependent Henoch-Schönlein Purpura Adult with Rituximab by Taylor Pindi Sala, Jean-Marie Michot, Renaud Snanoudj, Marion Dollat, Emmanuel Estève, Bernadette Marie, Yacine Taoufik, Jean-François Delfraissy, Thierry Lazure, Olivier Lambotte

“…We report the case of a 49-year-old woman with medical history of kidney transplantation for segmental glomerular hyalinosis. …”
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Airway Compromise due to Retropharyngeal Emphysema–A Rare Complication of an Extravasated Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheter by Ana Licina

“…She had developed voice changes, difficulty swallowing, shortness of breath with a fever and increased respiratory rate in intensive care unit 12 days after a double liver and kidney transplantation. Computerised tomography of neck and chest demonstrated extensive retropharyngeal and subcutaneous emphysema, laryngeal distortion and pneumo-mediastinum; however, the causative factors were not immediately obvious. …”
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Evaluation of the Medically Complex Living Kidney Donor by Yasar Caliskan, Alaattin Yildiz

“…Because of superior results with living kidney transplantation, efforts including the usage of “Medically complex living donors” are made to increase the availability of organs for donation. …”
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Hubungan Kadar Ureum terhadap Restless Legs Syndrome pada Pasien Chronic Kidney Disease by Gusri Rahayu, Hema Malini, Elvi Oktarina

“…Chronic Kidney Disease requires renal replacement therapy in the form of dialysis and kidney transplantation. The aim of this study is to prove the relationship the ureum level value with Restless Legs Syndrome in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients. …”
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Clinical follow-up of 2 families with glomerulopathy caused by COQ8B gene variants and literature review by Lei Zhang, Gentzon Hall, Peitong Han, Chunzhen Li, Jieyuan Cui

“…For patients whose disease progresses to kidney failure, kidney transplantation can be an effective treatment. For children with unexplained proteinuria and abnormal renal function, genetic testing should be performed early in the course of disease to guide therapy where possible and improve prognosis.…”
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Modeling BK Virus Infection in Renal Transplant Recipients by Nicholas Myers, Dana Droz, Bruce W. Rogers, Hien Tran, Kevin B. Flores, Cliburn Chan, Stuart J. Knechtle, Annette M. Jackson, Xunrong Luo, Eileen T. Chambers, Janice M. McCarthy

“…Kidney transplant recipients require a lifelong protocol of immunosuppressive therapy to prevent graft rejection. …”
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