Diffuse C4d deposition and morphology of acute humoral rejection in a stable renal allograft [2]

Transplantation

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1132-1133

  Fiebeler, Anette ^a,b   Mengel, Michael ^a   Merkel, Saskia ^a   Haller, Hermann ^a   Schwarz, Anke ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; CAPILLARIES; COMPLEMENT C4; COMPLEMENT C4B; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0142040132     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000076468.64893.97     Document Type: Letter

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