American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 4 , Pages 715-718 , April 2009

Proximal Tubule Cytoplasmic Fibrillary Inclusions Following Kidney Transplantation in a Patient With a Paraproteinemia

  • Sekiko Taneda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Sekiko Taneda, MD, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan
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  • Kazuho Honda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Shigeru Horita, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Naohiko Tokumoto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yoichiro Kawashima, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Toda Chuo General Hospital, Saitama, Japan
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  • Kazunari Tanabe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yutaka Yamaguchi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kashiwa Hospital, Jikei University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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  • Hideaki Oda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kidney Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Received 18 May 2008 ,Accepted 6 August 2008.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.08.023 on October 28, 2008.

PII: S0272-6386(08)01352-8

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.08.023

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 4 , Pages 715-718 , April 2009