C4d peritubular capillary staining in chronic allograft nephropathy and transplant glomerulopathy: An uncommon finding

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 800-805

  Al Aly, Ziyad ^a   Yalamanchili, Praveen ^b   Cortese, Cherise ^c   Salinas Madrigal, Luis ^c   Bastani, Bahar ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allo immune rejection; C4d; Chronic allograft nephropathy; Chronic rejection; Complement split product; Humoral rejection; Transplant glomerulopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; CREATININE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; COMPLEMENT C4D; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ADULT; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TUBULE PRESSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAINING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CAPILLARY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DONOR; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GLOMERULUS; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; CAPILLARIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENT C4B; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 26044445789     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00130.x     Document Type: Review

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