Myofibroblast involvement in chronic transplant rejection

Transplantation

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1192-1197

  Pedagogos, Eugenia ^a   Hewitson, Timothy D ^a   Walker, Rowan G ^a   Nicholls, Kathleen M ^a   Becker, Gavin J ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY GRAFT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL;

EID: 0030671042     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199710270-00019     Document Type: Article

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