A critical appraisal of methods to grade transplant glomerulitis in renal allograft biopsies

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2442-2452

  Batal, I ^a   Lunz III, J G ^a   Aggarwal, N ^a   Zeevi, A ^a   Sasatomi, E ^a   Basu, A ^a   Tan, H ^a   Shapiro, R ^a   Randhawa, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute allograft rejection; glomerular disease; transplant glomerulitis; transplant glomerulopathy

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULITIS; GLOMERULUS; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSPLANT GLOMERULITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CREATININE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78349287389     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03261.x     Document Type: Article

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