Nobuhiro Fujiyama, Masayuki Tasaki, Hiroshi Harada, Koichi Tsutahara, Akihiko Matsumoto, Yuji Kamijo, Mariko Toyoda, Daiki Iwami, Masashi Inui, Hiroki Shirakawa, Jun Sugimura, Mitsuru Saito, Kiyohiko Hotta, Masayoshi Okumi, Kazuhide Saito, Yoshihiko Watarai, Yoshihiko Hidaka, Katsuki Ohtani, Norimitsu Inoue, Nobutaka Wakamiya, Tomonori Habuchi, Shigeru Satoh
BACKGROUND: Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) after kidney transplantation (KTx), particularly early onset de novo (dn) TMA, requires immediate interventions to prevent irreversible organ damage. This multicenter study was performed to investigate the allogeneic clinical factors and complement genetic background of dnTMA after KTx. METHODS: Perioperative dnTMA after KTx within 1 week after KTx were diagnosed based on pathological or/and hematological criteria at each center, and their immunological backgrounds were researched...
December 2023: Clinical and Experimental Nephrology