Sub-clinical acute rejection detected using protocol biopsies in patients with delayed graft function

Transplant International

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Jain, S ^a   Curwood, V ^a   White, S A ^a   Furness, P N ^a   Nicholson, M L ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Biopsy; Delayed graft function; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 0002403062     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2000.tb02094.x     Document Type: Article

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