Flow-cytometric measurement of cellular changes in urine: A simple and rapid method for perioperatively monitoring patients after kidney transplantation

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 143-146

  Yu, Dah Shyong ^a   Sun, Guang Huan ^a   Lee, Shang Sen ^a   Wu, Ching Jiunn ^a   Ma, Chen Ping ^a   Chang, Sun Yran ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Flow cytometry; Renal transplantation; Urinary cellular population

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE CYTOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULAR NECROSIS, ACUTE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE;

EID: 0032823496     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000030378     Document Type: Article

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