Transplant biopsy beyond light microscopy

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Adam, Benjamin ^a   Mengel, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allograft biopsy; Banff classification; Diagnostics; Molecular pathology

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN; ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY MEDIATED REJECTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; LIGHT MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RENAL TRANSPLANT BIOPSY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T CELL MEDIATED REJECTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIOPSY; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROCEDURES; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MICROSCOPY; PRECISION MEDICINE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84938796702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12882-015-0136-z     Document Type: Article

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