Graft quality assessment in kidney transplantation: Not an exact science yet!

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-179

  Jochmans, Ina ^a   Pirenne, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

biopsy; kidney transplantation; machine perfusion; quality assessment; risk score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PRESERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TUBULAR DYSFUNCTION;

BIOPSY; DONOR SELECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHRECTOMY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PERFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954571326     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e3283446b31     Document Type: Article

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