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Successful living-related kidney transplantation in a boy with inherited dysfibrinogenemia.
Pediatric transplantation - 1 Nov 2013
Imamura Hideaki, Akioka Yuko, Asano Tatsuo, Sugawara Noriko, Ishizuka Kiyonobu, Chikamoto Hiroko, Taki Masashi, Terasawa Fumiko, Okumura Nobuo, Hattori Motoshi
Abstract excerpt
In kidney transplantation, it is essential to avoid acute vascular complications, such as hemorrhage and renal vascular thrombosis, which may often lead to allograft loss. Inherited dysfibrinogenemia is a rare coagulation disorder with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations, such as excessive bleeding and thrombosis. A 12-yr-old boy, previously diagnosed with renal hypodysplasia, was found to have reduced...
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