Molecular signatures of urinary cells distinguish acute rejection of renal allografts from urinary tract infection

Transplantation

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1752-1754

  Dadhania, Darshana ^a   Muthukumar, Thangamani ^a   Ding, Ruchuang ^a   Li, Baogui ^a   Hartono, Choli ^a,b   Serur, David ^a,b   Seshan, Surya V ^a   Sharma, Vijay K ^a   Kapur, Sandip ^a   Suthanthiran, Manikkam ^a,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANZYME B; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRANZYMES; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 0038350649     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000063931.08861.56     Document Type: Article

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