Pathological and clinical characterization of the 'Troubled transplant': Data from the DeKAF study

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 324-330

  Gourishankar, S ^a   Leduc, R ^b   Connett, J ^b   Cecka, J M ^c   Cosio, F ^d   Fieberg, A ^b   Gaston, R ^e   Halloran, P ^a   Hunsicker, L ^f   Kasiske, B ^g   Rush, D ^h   Grande, J ^d   Mannon, R ^e   Matas, A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allograft function; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CREATININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULOPATHY; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIRUS INFECTION;

BIOPSY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 75149136028     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02954.x     Document Type: Article

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