Rupesh Raina, Swathi Jothi, Dieter Haffner, Michael Somers, Guido Filler, Prabhav Vasistha, Ronith Chakraborty, Ron Shapiro, Parmjeet S Randhawa, Rulan Parekh, Christopher Licht, Timothy Bunchman, Sidharth Sethi, Guneive Mangat, Joshua Zaritsky, Franz Schaefer, Bradley Warady, Sharon Bartosh, Mignon McCulloch, Khalid Alhasan, Agnieszka Swiatecka-Urban, William E Smoyer, Anil Chandraker, Hui Kim Yap, Vivekanand Jha, Arvind Bagga, Jai Radhakrishnan
Focal segmental glomerular sclerosis (FSGS) is 1 of the primary causes of nephrotic syndrome in both pediatric and adult patients, which can lead to end-stage kidney disease. Recurrence of FSGS after kidney transplantation significantly increases allograft loss, leading to morbidity and mortality. Currently, there are no consensus guidelines for identifying those patients who are at risk for recurrence or for the management of recurrent FSGS. Our work group performed a literature search on PubMed/Medline, Embase, and Cochrane, and recommendations were proposed and graded for strength of evidence...
December 22, 2023: Kidney International