A UK-wide trial of the Banff classification of renal transplant pathology in routine diagnostic practice

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 995-1000

  Furness, P N ^a   Kirkpatrick, U ^a   Taub, N ^b   Davies, D R ^c   Solez, K ^d  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Banff; Diagnosis; Graft; Histopathology; Rejection; Renal; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GRAFT REJECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030977353     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/12.5.995     Document Type: Article

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