Peritransplant kidney biopsies: Comparison of pathologic interpretations and practice patterns of organ procurement organizations

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Singh, Pooja ^a   Farber, John L ^a   Doria, Cataldo ^a   Francos, George C ^a   Gulati, Rakesh ^a   Ramirez, Carlo B ^a   Maley, Warren R ^a   Frank, Adam M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deceased donor renal transplantation; Donation service areas; Organ procurement organizations; Renal transplant pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GRAFT FAILURE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYALINE DEGENERATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; PATHOLOGIST; POST PERFUSION BIOPSY; PREIMPLANTATION BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84862246739     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2011.01584.x     Document Type: Article

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