An appeal for zero-time biopsies in renal transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2181-2182

  Mengel, M ^a   Sis, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; BRAIN DEATH; EDITORIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEPHROLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53749108210     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02380.x     Document Type: Editorial

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