Quantitative evaluation of histological features in 'time-zero' liver allograft biopsies as predictors of rejection or graft failure: Receiver- operating characteristic analysis application

Human Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1077-1084

  Abraham, S ^a   Furth, E E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

allograft failure; biopsy; liver; receiver operating characteristic; rejection; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029859680     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(96)90287-7     Document Type: Article

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