Low serial serum neopterin does not predict low risk for chronic renal graft rejection

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-14

  Muller T ^a   Orgler, A ^a   Bidmon, B ^a   Arbeiter, K ^a   Balzar, E ^a   Ruffingshofer, D ^a   Aufricht, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic rejection; Negative predictive value; Renal transplantation; Serum neopterin

Indexed keywords

NEOPTERIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CREATININE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEOPTERIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035137608     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004670000487     Document Type: Article

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