Kidney transplantation in monozygotic twins discordant for lupus
- 2 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 245 (1) , 68-69
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.245.1.68
Abstract
A 25 yr old man with renal failure secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) received a kidney from his identical twin 5 yr after onset of the 1st twin''s symptoms of lupus. Both continue to do well. There are no other reports of kidney transplantation in monozygotic twins discordant for SLE.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- OBSERVATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH A WELL‐TOLERATED HOMOTRANSPLANTED KIDNEY: POSSIBILITY OF A NEW SECONDARY DISEASEAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1964