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CHILDREN OF FEMALE RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
Author(s) -
RASMUSSEN P.,
FASTH A.,
AHLMEN J.,
BRYNGER H.,
IWARSON S.,
KJELLMER I.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1981.tb06242.x
Subject(s) - medicine , psychomotor learning , pediatrics , pregnancy , kidney , cognition , genetics , psychiatry , biology
Abstract. Rasmussen, P., Fasth, A., Ahlmén, J., Brynger, H., Iwarson, S. and Kjellmer, I. (Departments of Paediatrics I and II, Surgery I and Infectious diseases and Division of Nephrology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden). Children of female renal transplant recipients. Acta Paediatr Scand, 70: 869, 1981.‐Results of follow‐up of 5 children, aged 4.5–9 years, who were born to kidney transplanted mothers are presented. Various immunological parameters were mainly within normal limits with the possible exception of 1 child who exhibited a granulocytopenia which normalized at about 5 years of age. Three children whose mothers were carriers of HBsAg during and after pregnancy have become antigen carriers and show slightly elevated levels of liver transferases. One child has a cardiac anomaly and signs of slight neurological dysfunction. In other respects the children are well and show normal psychomotor and somatic development. The rather sparse information from the literature regarding this group of children indicates a surprisingly low frequency of severe physical complications.