Novel methods of prediction of long-term renal allograft outcome

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 531-532

  Grimm, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; LONG TERM CARE; PROGNOSIS; RECIPIENT; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; RENAL ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 11144242921     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2004.00274.x     Document Type: Editorial

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