An Analysis of Early Renal Transplant Protocol Biopsies - the High Incidence of Subclinical Tubulitis

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-50

  Shapiro, Ron ^a,b   Randhawa, Parmjeet ^a   Jordan, Mark L ^a   Scantlebury, Velma P ^a   Vivas, Carlos ^a   Jain, Ashok ^a   Corry, Robert J ^a   McCauley, Jerry ^a   Johnston, James ^a   Donaldson, Joseph ^a   Gray, Edward A ^a   Dvorchik, Igor ^a   Hakala, Thomas R ^a   Fung, John J ^a   Starzl, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

High incidence; Protocol biopsies; Subclinical acute tubulitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CADAVER; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CADAVER; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULES; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18044403416     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2001.010109.x     Document Type: Article

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