Successful Kidney Transplantation for End-Stage Renal Disease in Marfan's Syndrome
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Successful Kidney Transplantation for End-Stage Renal Disease in Marfan's Syndrome
Marfan's syndrome is a systemic disorder of the connective tissue caused by mutations in the extracellular matrix protein fibrillin-1, with aortic dissection and aneurysm being its most life-threatening manifestations. Kidney transplantation for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in patients with Marfan's syndrome has not been reported in the literature, and the rate of the incidence of dissection ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Transplantation
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2090-6943,2090-6951
DOI: 10.1155/2013/809613