Unusually high rates of acute rejection during the COVID-19 pandemic: cause for concern?

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Electronic address: faziz@wisc.edu.
² Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
³ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, USA; Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

Fahad Aziz et al. Kidney Int. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;98(2):513-514.

doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.05.038. Epub 2020 Jun 20.

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Electronic address: faziz@wisc.edu.
² Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
³ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, USA; Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

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The forgotten fallen: painful reality of a pandemic.
Coates PT, Wong G. Coates PT, et al. Kidney Int. 2020 Aug;98(2):251-252. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.06.002. Epub 2020 Jun 15. Kidney Int. 2020. PMID: 32553942 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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