Multifocal Renal Allograft Biopsy: Impact on Therapeutic Decisions

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3397-3400

  Piovesan, A C ^a   Lucon, A M ^a   David, D S R ^a   Nahas, W C ^a   Antonopoulos, I M ^a   Srougi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KAPPA STATISTICS; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY STRUCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEPHROTOXICITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMATION; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULES; NECROSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 57549084629     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.09.031     Document Type: Article

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