Successful treatment of spontaneous kidney graft decapsulation 18 years after renal transplantation: A case report

NDT Plus

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-102

  Myhre, Hans Arne ^a,b   Øyen, Ole ^c   Krbø, Øyvind ^d   Midtvedt, Karsten ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Section of Nephrology   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Section of Nephrology   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT DECAPSULATION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LETTER; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77955962772     PISSN: 17530784     EISSN: 17530792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfp148     Document Type: Letter

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