Correlation between the Banff 97 classification of renal allograft biopsies and clinical outcome

Transplant International

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 59-64

  Tanaka, Toshiyuki ^a   Kyo, Masahiro ^b   Kokado, Yukito ^c   Takahara, Shiro ^d   Hatori, Motoaki ^a   Suzuki, Kazuhiro ^a   Hasumi, Masaru ^a   Toki, Kiyohide ^d   Ichimaru, Naotsugu ^d   Yazawa, Koji ^d   Hanafusa, Toru ^d   Namba, Yukiomi ^d   Oka, Kazumasa ^d   Moriyama, Toshiki ^d   Imai, Enyu ^d   Okuyama, Akihiko ^d   Yamanaka, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sakurabashi Circulate Organ Clinic   (Japan)

^c Kinki Central Hospital of Mutual Association of Public School Teachers   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Banff 97 classification; Graft survival; Reversibility of renal function

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MIZORIBINE; OKT 3; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BANFF 97 CLASSIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSENSUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY INTERSTITIUM; KIDNEY TUBULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL TIME;

BIOPSY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; JAPAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12144290610     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00147-003-0660-9     Document Type: Article

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