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Hyperosmolar, nonketotic hyperglycaemia and renal allograft function

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A 21-year old recipient of a living related donor kidney graft developed sudden hyperosmolar, nonketotic hyperglycaemia one month after successful renal transplantation. Although the hyperosmolar, nonketotic state was rapidly corrected, renal graft function continued to deteriorate and renal biopsies failed to show definite evidence of immunologic rejection. The patient eventually died from disseminated intravascular coagulation after removal of graft and cessation of immunosuppression.

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  1. University of Calgary Medical School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    G. M. Abouna, F. Alexander & A. Z. Barabas

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Abouna, G.M., Alexander, F. & Barabas, A.Z. Hyperosmolar, nonketotic hyperglycaemia and renal allograft function. International Urology and Nephrology 12, 157–159 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02089355

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