Complement C4d deposition in transplanted kidneys: Preliminary report on long-term graft survival

Clinical Transplantation, Supplement

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 27-31

  Kawamura, Nahoko ^a   Tomita, Makoto ^a   Hasegawa, Midori ^a   Murakami, Kazutaka ^a   Nabeshima, Kunihiro ^a   Kushimoto, Hiroko ^a   Kasugai, Masami ^a   Takahashi, Kazuo ^a   Hiki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kinukawa, Tsuneo ^b   Usuda, Nobumitsu ^a   Sugiyama, Satoshi ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHUKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibody mediated rejection; C4d; Long term survival; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; CADAVER DONOR; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 22244488094     PISSN: 13996738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2005.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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