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J Peripher Nerv Syst. 2021 Sep;26(3):269-275. doi: 10.1111/jns.12456. Epub 2021 Jun 10.

No evidence of improvement in neuropathy after renal transplantation in patients with end stage kidney disease.

Journal of the peripheral nervous system : JPNS

Maryam Ferdousi, Shazli Azmi, Alise Kalteniece, Saif Ullah Khan, Ioannis N Petropoulos, Georgios Ponirakis, Uazman Alam, Omar Asghar, Andrew Marshall, Handrean Soran, Andrew J M Boulton, Titus Augustine, Rayaz A Malik

Affiliations

  1. Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Cardiac Centre, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester and NIHR/Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, Manchester, UK.
  2. Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Research Division, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
  3. Department of Transplant and Endocrine Surgery, Central Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.

PMID: 34085731 DOI: 10.1111/jns.12456

Abstract

To assess the impact of renal transplantation on peripheral nerve damage in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Fifteen patients with CKD (eGFR <15 mL/min/1.73 m

© 2021 Peripheral Nerve Society.

Keywords: corneal confocal microscopy; corneal nerve; neuropathy; renal failure; renal transplantation

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