Subclinical rejection impairs glomerular adaptation after renal transplantation

Kidney International

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 557-561

  Ibernon M ^a   Goma M ^a   Moreso, F ^a   Fulladosa, X ^a   Hueso, M ^a   Cruzado, J M ^a   Torras, J ^a   Bestard, O ^a   Grinyo J M ^a   Seron D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glomerular volume; Glomerulosclerosis; Rejection; Renal transplantation; Subclinical rejecion

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 33746573786     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5001582     Document Type: Article

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