The evolution of the Banff classification schema for diagnosing renal allograft rejection and its implications for clinicians

Indian Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-8

  Bhowmik, D M ^a   Dinda, A K ^a   Mahanta, P ^a   Agarwal, S K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Banff classification; Renal allograft biopsy; Updates

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; BANFF CLASSIFICATION SCHEMA; CANADA; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; NEPHROLOGIST; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGIST; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SURGEON; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 77953418530     PISSN: 09714065     EISSN: 19983662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-4065.62086     Document Type: Review

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