Inflammation in areas of tubular atrophy in kidney allograft biopsies: A potent predictor of allograft failure

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2066-2073

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

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Banff schema; biopsy; fibrosis; graft failure; inflammation; injury

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; KIDNEY TUBULITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ATROPHY; BIOPSY; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; NEPHRITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 77956160622     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03240.x     Document Type: Article

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