C4d/CD34 double-immunofluorescence staining of renal allograft biopsies for assessing peritubular capillary C4d positivity

Modern Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 434-438

  Jen, Kuang Yu ^a   Nguyen, Thuy B ^a   Vincenti, Flavio G ^b   Laszik, Zoltan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

antibody mediated; C4d; CD34; immunofluorescence; peritubular capillaries; rejection

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; FROZEN SECTION; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE BASEMENT MEMBRANE; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTIGENS, CD34; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CAPILLARIES; COMPLEMENT C4B; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84857787989     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2011.168     Document Type: Article

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