Significance of peritubular capillary, glomerular, and arteriolar C4d staining patterns in paraffin sections of early kidney transplant biopsies

Transplantation

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 440-446

  Kikic Z ^a   Regele, Heinz ^a   Nordmeyer, Veit ^a   Wahrmann, Markus ^a   Kletzmayr, Josef ^b   Bartel, Gregor ^a   Böhmig, Georg A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b DANUBE HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alloantibody; C4d; Complement; Kidney transplantation; Rejection

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; FEMALE; GLOMERULITIS; GLOMERULUS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE CAPILLARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTERIOLES; BIOPSY; CAPILLARIES; COMPLEMENT C4B; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULES; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79951677734     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182052be8     Document Type: Article

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