Urinary N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase and neopterin aid in the diagnosis of rejection and acute tubular necrosis in initially nonfunctioning kidney grafts

Nephron

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 228-235

  Kotanko, Peter ^a   Margreiter, Raimund ^b   Pfaller, Walter ^b  

^a KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute tubular necrosis; N acetyl D glucosaminidase; Neopterin; Rejection; Renal transplantation; ROC analysis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; NEOPTERIN; STEROID;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; URINALYSIS;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; NECROSIS; NEOPTERIN; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0034014352     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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