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Successful kidney transplantation in a patient with neonatal-onset ILNEB.
Pediatric transplantation - 1 Aug 2021
Okamoto Takayuki, Nakamura Akie, Hayashi Asako, Yamaguchi Takeshi, Ogawa Yayoi, Natsuga Ken, Yanagi Kumiko, Hotta Kiyohiko
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BACKGROUND: ILNEB constitute an autosomal recessive disorder caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation of the gene for the ITGA3. To date, 8 ILNEB patients have been reported, but all 6 neonatal-onset ILNEB patients suffered early death within 2 years. The most common cause of death among previously reported ILNEB patients was exacerbation of the respiratory condition. METHODS: In this study, we...
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