Table 1.

Characteristics of the seven women who underwent kidney transplantation during pregnancy

Year of transplant and authors	Age of recipient (years) and previous pregnancies	ESRD etiology	Time on dialysis	Donor	Pregnancy diagnosis	Diagnosis of pregnancy	Gestational age at KTx	Immunosuppression
1979 Burleson et al. [8]	18, nulliparous	Congenital renal abnormalities	5 months	Live	1 week after KTx	Accidentally during ultrasound of kidney graft	11–13 weeks	Azathioprine and prednisone
1984 Solá et al. [11]	23, nulliparous	Nephronophthisis	2 years	Deceased	12 days after KTx	Accidentally during ultrasound of kidney graft	11–12 weeks	Azathioprine and prednisone
1985 Davis et al. [7]	36, multiparous	Chronic pyelonephritis	Several years	Deceased	1 month after KTx	Ultrasound due to painful mass in lower abdomen	12 weeks	Azathioprine, cyclosporine, and prednisone
1994 Miller et al. [10]	31, nulliparous	Lupus nephritis	One year, previous KTx	Deceased	Suspected before KTx	Ultrasound due to slight increase in b-hCG	10 days	Antithymocyte globulin, azathioprine, cyclosporine, and prednisone
1996 Pérgola et al. [9]	33, multiparous	Unknown	One year, previous KTx	Live	100 days after KTx	Ultrasound due to absence of menses and weight gain	6–7 weeks	Tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, and prednisone
2005 Hold et al. [6]	23, nulliparous	Unknown	Approaching hemodialysis, GFR 15 ml/min	Live	5 days after KTx	Accidentally during ultrasound of kidney graft	12 weeks	Cyclosporine and prednisone
1988 Vega et al.	26, multiparous	Mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis	4 months	Live	Before KTx	In dialysis	20 weeks	Azathioprine and prednisone

KTx kidney transplant, ESRD end-stage renal disease