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Class V lupus nephritis recurrence with histologic resolution in a kidney transplant recipient on a pregnancy-adapted immunosuppression protocol: a lesson for the clinical nephrologist

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  1. Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Jorane-Tiana Robert, Pierre O. Fiset & Shaifali Sandal

  2. Department of Pathology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Ajay Rajaram, Pierre O. Fiset & Chantal Bernard

  3. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital- Glen Site D05-7160, 1001 Decarie Boulevard, Montreal, QC, H4A 3J1, Canada

    Ratna Samanta & Shaifali Sandal

  4. Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Shaifali Sandal

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Disclosures: Dr. Sandal has received an education grant from Amgen Canada. Dr. Fiset has participated in paid consulting services or has received honoraria for participating in advisory boards with Amgen, Astellas, AstraZeneca, Bristol Meyers Squibb, EMD Serono, Incyte, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, and Precision Rx-Dx. Dr. Samanta participated in advisory boards for Novartis, GSK, Otsuka, and receives honoraria from Alexion and AstraZeneca. The rest of the authors have no relevant disclosure.

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Robert, JT., Rajaram, A., Fiset, P.O. et al. Class V lupus nephritis recurrence with histologic resolution in a kidney transplant recipient on a pregnancy-adapted immunosuppression protocol: a lesson for the clinical nephrologist. J Nephrol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-024-01920-z

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