Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/40361
Title: Kidney Transplantation in Patients With Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance
Authors: SPRANGERS, Ben 
Hegenbart, Ute
Wetzels, Jack F. M.
Issue Date: 2023
Publisher: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Source: TRANSPLANTATION, 107 (5) , p. 1056 -1068
Abstract: Monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS) defines disorders characterized by direct or indirect kidney injury caused by a monoclonal immunoglobulin produced by a B-cell or plasma-cell clone that does not meet current hematologic criteria for therapy. MGRS-associated kidney diseases are diverse and can result in the development of end stage kidney disease. The current paradigm states that the underlying hematologic condition should be treated and in deep remission before kidney transplantation can be performed because recurrence has been reported for all MGRS-associated kidney diseases. However, we suggest that decisions regarding kidney transplantation in MGRS patients should be individualized considering many factors such as the subtype of MGRS-associated kidney disease, patient age and comorbidity, presence and risk of extrarenal complications, estimated waiting time, the availability of a living kidney donor, and previous hematological treatment and response. Thus, kidney transplantation should be considered even in treatment-naive patients, with hematological treatment initiated after successful kidney transplantation.
Notes: Sprangers, B (corresponding author), Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, B-3600 Genk, Belgium.
ben.sprangers@zol.be
Keywords: Humans;Kidney;Kidney Transplantation;Paraproteinemias;Kidney Diseases;Kidney Failure, Chronic;Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance
Document URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/40361
ISSN: 0041-1337
e-ISSN: 1534-6080
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004443
ISI #: 000978303100018
Category: A1
Type: Journal Contribution
Appears in Collections:Research publications

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