C4d-positive chronic rejection: A frequent entity with a poor outcome

Transplantation

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1391-1398

  David Neto, Elias ^a,b   Prado, Elisângela ^a   Beutel, Abram ^a   Ventura, Carlucci Gualberto ^a   Siqueira, Sheila Aparecida C ^a   Hung, James ^a   Lemos, Francine Brambate Carvalinho ^a   De Souza, Neila Aparecida ^a   Nahas, William Carlos ^a   Ianhez, Luiz Estevan ^a   David, Daísa Ribeiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

C4d staining; Chronic active antibody mediated rejection; Chronic allograft nephropathy; Complement activation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOMERULOPATHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TUBULE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROTEINURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349070726     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000288807.52520.5e     Document Type: Article

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