A prospective randomized trial of three different sizes of core-cutting needle for renal transplant biopsy

Kidney International

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 390-395

  Nicholson, Michael L ^a   Wheatley, Timothy J ^a   Doughman, Tahir M ^a   White, Steven A ^a   Morgan, Justin D T ^a   Veitch, Peter S ^a   Furness, Peter N ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Allograft dysfunction; Diagnostic tool; Percutaneous biopsy; Tissue core sample

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0033918056     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2000.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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