Objective: To study the changes in the erectile function of the male patients with renal failure after hemodialysis (HD) or kidney transplantation (KT) and explore the causes of these changes.
Methods: From January 2015 to January 2021, 160 male patients with renal failure complaining of ED underwent HD (n = 80) or KT (n = 80) in the General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command. The patients were aged 25-45 (31.
BK virus infection accompanied with plasma cell-rich infiltrates is a dilemma in renal transplant recipients. One young female patient diagnosed as BK virus-associated nephropathy with plasma cell-rich infiltrates at 16 months after renal transplant was treated with bortezomib and a sequential immuno-suppressive protocol of tacrolimus combined with leflunomide. After a short period of reduction, her serum creatinine increased slowly with stable BK viruria.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal IgG deposits manifesting as a nephrotic syndrome recently has been described as a renal disease with the pathological features of mesangial and subendothelial deposits of monoclonal IgG. Eight cases of recurrent proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal IgG deposits after a renal transplant have been reported. Almost all of these patients had a certain remission of proteinuria by steroids alone or with cyclophosphamide, and had further remission through other special treatments (ie, rituximab and plasmapheresis).
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