Histological assessment of pre-transplant kidney biopsies is reproducible and representative

Histopathology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 198-202

  Snoeijs, Maarten G J ^a   Boonstra, Liesbeth A ^a   Buurman, Wim A ^a   Goldschmeding, Roel ^a   Van Suylen, Robert Jan ^a   Van Heurn, L W Ernest ^a   Peutz Kootstra, Carine J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Donor selection; Expanded criteria donors; Kidney transplantation; Pre transplant renal biopsy; Renal pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER KIDNEY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DONOR SELECTION; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGIST; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; BIOPSY; DEATH; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULES; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SCLEROSIS; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 73449093196     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2009.03469.x     Document Type: Article

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