Unexpectedly high prevalence of rare genetic disorders in kidney transplant recipients with an unknown causal nephropathy

Abstract

Kidney transplant recipients without a diagnosis of causal nephropathy appear to be a selected population in which rare genetic diseases might be more common than expected. As even a belated diagnosis after KTx can have a significant impact on graft and patient survival and on other family members, this possibility should be evaluated in KTx recipients without a known causal nephropathy.