Why rejections are not biopsy proven: Frequency and reasons

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4509-4512

  Fleiner, F ^a   Glander, P ^a   Fritsche, L ^a   Neumayer, H H ^a   Budde, K ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BIOPSY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 78650496771     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.09.158     Document Type: Conference Paper

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