Functional and morphologic evaluation of kidney proximal tubuli and correlation with renal allograft prognosis

Transplant International

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 493-499

  De Matos, Ana Cristina Carvalho ^a,b   Câmara, Niels Olsen Saraiva ^a,c   De Oliveira, Ana Francisca Franco ^a,d   Franco, Marcello F ^a   Moura, Luiz Antonio Ribeiro ^a   Nishida, Sonia ^a   Pereira, Aparecido Bernardo ^a   Pacheco Silva, Alvaro ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Universidade Jose do Rosario Vellano   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic allograft nephropathy; Kidney transplantation; Proximal tubular function; Retinol binding protein; Surrogate marker; Tubulointerstitial injury

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; TACROLIMUS; CELLULAR RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TUBULAR DYSFUNCTION; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOPSY; FIBROSIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS, CELLULAR; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950631487     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2009.01005.x     Document Type: Article

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