Are renal microgranulomas related to inflammatory tubular destruction?

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 551-552

  Mahmood, A ^a   Poller, D N ^a   Ramage, J K ^b  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROHN DISEASE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 2442575973     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2003.013722     Document Type: Article

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