Histopathologic detection of rejection in acute allograft pyelonephritis

Transplantation

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Mohamed, Nasreen ^a   Aggarwal, Vikram ^a   Cole, Edward ^a   John, Rohan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CREATININE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDARTERITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY ABSCESS; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CREATININE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ONTARIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PYELONEPHRITIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867270385     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318265c4b8     Document Type: Letter

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