Successful renal transplantation for Epstein syndrome

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Murine Renal Transplantation Procedure
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Murine Renal Transplantation Procedure

Published on: July 9, 2009

B M Alving, P G Tarassoff, J Moore

    American Journal of Hematology
    |January 1, 1986
    PubMed

    Successful cadaveric renal transplantation was accomplished in a patient with Epstein syndrome, a triad of macrothrombocytopenia, partial high-frequency hearing loss, and nephritis, which often progresses to complete renal failure. The success of the transplant demonstrates that the macrothrombocytopenia which occurs in this syndrome is not a contraindication to aggressive management of end-stage renal disease.

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