Diagnostic contribution of renal allograft biopsies at various intervals after transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 547-550

  Kon, Sui P ^a   Templar, Jill ^a   Dodd, Susan M ^a   Rudge, Chris J ^a   Raftery, Martin J ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEPHROTOXICITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0031047357     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199702270-00011     Document Type: Article

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