Incidence and Importance of C4d Deposition in Renal Allograft Dysfunction

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 174-177

  Demirci, C ^a   Sen S ^a   Sezak, M ^a   Sarsik, B ^a   Hoscoskun C ^a   Toz H ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RENAL GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMPLEMENT C4B; CREATININE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 38749135823     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.11.055     Document Type: Article

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