Noninvasive evaluation of renal allograft fibrosis by transient elastography - A pilot study

Transplant International

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 871-877

  Arndt, Robert ^a   Schmidt, Sven ^a   Loddenkemper, Christoph ^a   Grünbaum, Maria ^a   Zidek, Walter ^a   Van Der Giet, Markus ^a   Westhoff, Timm H ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

chronic allograft injury; interstitial fibrosis; protocol biopsy; renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 77955241250     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2010.01057.x     Document Type: Article

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