Thickening of the peritubular capillary basement membrane is a useful diagnostic marker of chronic rejection in renal allografts

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 923-929

  Aita, K ^a   Yamaguchi, Y ^b   Horita, S ^c   Ohno, M ^c   Tanabe, K ^c   Fuchinoue, S ^c   Teraoka, S ^c   Toma, H ^c   Nagata, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPPA STATISTICS; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TUBULE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33947573065     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01708.x     Document Type: Article

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