Optimal cutoff point for immunoperoxidase detection of C4d in the renal allograft: Results from a multicenter study

Transplantation

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1099-1105

  Crary, Gretchen S ^a   Raissian, Yassaman ^b   Gaston, Robert C ^c   Gourishankar, Sita M ^d   Leduc, Robert E ^e   Mannon, Roslyn B ^f   Matas, Arthur J ^g   Grande, Joseph P ^b  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

C4d; Graft survival; Immunoperoxidase

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; CREATININE; PEROXIDASE;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FIBROSIS; GLOMERULOPATHY; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TUBULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

CAPILLARIES; COHORT STUDIES; COMPLEMENT C4B; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650258724     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181f7fec9     Document Type: Article

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