Spectrum of Histopathological Changes in Pancreas Allograft Biopsies and Relationship to Graft Loss

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2326-2328

  Drachenberg, C B ^a   Papadimitriou, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; FIBROSIS; GRAFT FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ARTERITIS; BIOPSY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEPSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34548672586     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.06.017     Document Type: Article

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