Successful Management of Pregnancy in Two Kidney Transplant Recipients

56 he first successful pregnancy was reported by Murray and collegues in a 21-year-old woman who received a kidney transplant from her identical twin sister.1 As the patient was not on immunosuppression, the only concern was compression of the renal vessels and kidney by the enlarging uterus. Finally a normal male infant was delivered by cesarean section without any adverse effect on allograft function. However in cases of transplantations from living-related other than identical twin donor or deceased donors immunosuppressive medications are the mainstay of the medical management. Subsequently, first report of pregnancy in a kidney recipient on immunosuppression of azathioprine (AZA) and prednisone Successful Management of Pregnancy in Two Kidney Transplant Recipients

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