Surveillance biopsies are superior to functional studies for the diagnosis of acute and chronic renal allograft pathology in children

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-38

  Birk, Patricia E ^a,b   Stannard, Karen M ^a   Konrad, Helen B ^a   Blydt Hansen, Tom D ^a   Ogborn, Malcolm R ^a   Cheang, Mary S ^a   Gartner, John G ^a   Gibson, Ian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Graft rejection; Kidney transplantation; Needle; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN A; GANCICLOVIR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0942287868     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1397-3142.2003.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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