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Case Reports
. 2022 Mar-Apr;42(2):217-219.
doi: 10.1016/j.nefroe.2022.02.006.

Successful kidney transplantation after COVID-19 infection in two cases

Prabhu Kanchi  1 , Swaminathan Sambandam  1 , Rajasekaran Siddhan  1 , Somasundaram Soundappan  1 , Vadivel Pandian Vaseekaran  1 , Ankur Gupta  2
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Case Reports

Successful kidney transplantation after COVID-19 infection in two cases

Prabhu Kanchi et al. Nefrologia (Engl Ed). 2022 Mar-Apr.
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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Computerized tomography of chest- lung window (axial section) showing patchy consolidation and ground glass opacities in bilateral lower lobes suggestive of viral pneumonia.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Conceptual timeline depicting course from initial diagnosis of COVID-19 to kidney transplantation and most recent follow-up of both recipients (labelled in red) and live donor to second recipient (labelled in purple). (abbreviations: S- in the box refers to days with symptoms, DDTx: deceased donor transplant (recipient 1), eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate in ml/min/m2).
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