Diffuse Glomerular Crescents and Peritubular Immune Deposits in a Transplant Kidney

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 174-178

  Nair, Ramesh ^a   Katz, Daniel A ^a   Thomas, Christie P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crescentic glomerulonephritis; immune deposits; kidney; polyoma; simian virus 40; transplant; tubulointerstitial nephritis; virus

Indexed keywords

CIDOFOVIR; CREATININE; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CADAVER KIDNEY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE COMPLEX NEPHRITIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POLYOMA VIRUS;

GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 33745196482     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2006.04.064     Document Type: Article

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