Remodeling of renal interstitial and tubular lesions in pancreas transplant recipients

Kidney International

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 907-912

  Fioretto, P ^a,c   Sutherland, D E R ^b   Najafian, B ^b   Mauer, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diabetic nephropathy; cyclosporine nephrotoxicity; Interstitial fibrosis; Morphometric analysis; Pancreas transplantation; Tubular atrophy

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; COLLAGEN; CYCLOSPORIN A; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PREDNISONE;

ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INSULIN DEPENDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CELL; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY INTERSTITIUM; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MORPHOMETRICS; NEPHROTOXICITY; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECIPIENT; UREMIA;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644503909     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5000153     Document Type: Article

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