Renal cell carcinoma in allograft kidney - A case report with unusual findings at autopsy

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 652-654

  Khan, Tahir ^a   Chakrabarty, Aruna ^a   Baborie, Atik ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allograft kidney; Autopsy finding; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFRADINE; IRON; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY GRAFT; LETHARGY; MALAISE; MALE; MENINGITIS; METASTASIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL OSTEODYSTROPHY;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447502515     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2007.01798.x     Document Type: Article

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