Computerized image analysis vs semiquantitative scoring in evaluation of kidney allograft fibrosis and prognosis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2838-2845

  Sund, Ståle ^a,c   Grimm, Paul ^b   Reisæter, Anna Varberg ^a   Hovig, Torstein ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Section for Rheumatology   (Norway)

Author keywords

Collagen; Image analysis; Interstitial fibrosis; Kidney allograft prognosis; Protocol biopsies; Sirius red

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COLLAGEN; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DYE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TUBULE; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEPHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AZO COMPOUNDS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; STAINING AND LABELING; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 8344267576     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh490     Document Type: Article

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