Do you require lupus patients with ESKD or advanced CKD to be on minimal immunosuppression around the time of kidney transplantation?
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Nephrology · Mayo Clinic
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Patients with SLE needs to have overall clinically quiescent disease to be actively listed for kidney transplant. They can be on stable/reduced dose of immunosuppression medications to keep the disease clinically under control. They can still have low complement levels (serologically active).
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