Correlation between endothelin expression in early post-transplant biopsy specimens and long-term allograft function in living-related renal transplantation

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-29

  Takeda, Masashi ^a   Ishida, Toshiro ^a   Ishimura, Takeshi ^b   Fujisawa, Masato ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic allograft nephropathy; Endothelin; Living related donors; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; ENDOTHELIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIZORIBINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TSUKUBAENOLIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE CLEARANCE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; LIVING DONOR; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RENAL GRAFT DYSFUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOTHELINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULES; LIVING DONORS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644790533     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2005.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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