Acute renal allograft rejection with severe tubulitis (Banff 1997 grade Ib)

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 553-558

  Minervini, Marta Ida ^a   Torbenson, Michael ^a   Scantlebury, Velma ^a   Vivas, Carlos ^a   Jordan, Mark ^a   Shapiro, Ron ^a   Randhawa, Parmjeet S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Banff; Intimal arteritis; Pathology; Rejection; Renal transplantation; Severe tubulitis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTERITIS; CREATININE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUROMONAB-CD3; NEPHRITIS; TACROLIMUS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0034125691     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200004000-00009     Document Type: Article

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