The presence of a CD21+ follicular dendritic cell network distinguishes invasive quilty lesions from cardiac acute cellular rejection

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1008-1013

  Sattar, Husain A ^a,b   Husain, Aliya N ^a   Kim, Antony Y ^a   Krausz, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute cellular rejection; Cardiac transplant; CD21; Follicular dendritic cells; Invasive quilty

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D RECEPTOR; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVASIVE QUILTY LESION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; OBSERVER VARIATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

DENDRITIC CELLS, FOLLICULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT 3D;

EID: 33747587279     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200608000-00012     Document Type: Article

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