A Morphometric Insight into Glomerular and Interstitial Lesions in Acutely Rejected Renal Allografts

Polish Journal of Pathology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 171-177

  Danilewicz, Marian ^a   Wa̧growska Danilewicz, Małgorzata ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD68 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GLOMERULOPATHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY INTERSTITIUM; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MESANGIUM CELL; MICROSCOPY; MONOCYTE; MORPHOMETRICS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ACTINS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0348155644     PISSN: 12339687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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