Open AccessPregnancy after kidney transplantation: outcome and anti-human leucocyte antigen alloimmunization risk
Author(s) -
Anne Laure Hébral,
Olivier Cointault,
L Connan,
Nicolas CongyJolivet,
Laure Esposito,
Isabelle Cardeau-Desangles,
Arnaud Del Bello,
Laurence Lavayssière,
Marie Béatrice Nogier,
David Ribes,
Joëlle Guitard,
Fédérico Sallusto,
X. Gamé,
Olivier Parant,
Alain Bérrébi,
Lionel Rostaing,
Nassim Kamar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nephrology, dialysis, transplantation/nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfu208
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , obstetrics , kidney transplantation , renal function , live birth , gestational diabetes , transplantation , human leukocyte antigen , gestational age , gestation , preeclampsia , immunology , antigen , genetics , biology
Kidney transplantation increases the chances for pregnancy and live birth for women with end-stage kidney disease. The aims of this study were to describe the outcomes of pregnancies in women with a kidney transplant and to evaluate the impact on anti-human leucocyte antigen (HLA) alloimmunization.