American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 591-594 , September 2008

Successful Retransplantation of a Kidney Allograft Affected by Thrombotic Microangiopathy Into a Second Transplant Recipient

  • Nassim Kamar, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Dialysis, and Multiorgan Transplantation, University Hospital, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse Cedex, France
    • INSERM U858, IFR 31, University Hospital, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse Cedex, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Nassim Kamar MD, PhD, CHU Rangueil, Service de Néphrologie, Transplantation d'Organes, Hémodialyse, 1 av Jean Poulhès, TSA 50032, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
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  • Pascal Rischmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology and Kidney Transplantation, University Hospital, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse Cedex, France
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  • Céline Guilbeau-Frugier, MD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique, University Hospital, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse Cedex, France
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  • Federico Sallusto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology and Kidney Transplantation, University Hospital, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse Cedex, France
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  • Mehdi Khedis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology and Andrology, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse Cedex, France
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  • Marie-Bernadette Delisle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique, University Hospital, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse Cedex, France
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  • Didier Noury, MD

      Affiliations

    • Agence française de Biomédecine, Rennes, University Hospital, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse Cédex, France
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  • Marylise Fort, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire d'Immunologie et d'Histocompatibilité, University Hospital, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse Cédex, France
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  • Lionel Rostaing, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Dialysis, and Multiorgan Transplantation, University Hospital, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse Cedex, France
    • INSERM U563, IFR 30, Toulouse Cédex, France

Received 20 January 2008 ,Accepted 20 March 2008.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.03.037 on June 13, 2008.

PII: S0272-6386(08)00826-3

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.03.037

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 591-594 , September 2008

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