Estimation of damaged tubular epithelium in renal allografts by determination of vimentin expression

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 954-962

  Muramatsu, Masaki ^a,b   Miyagi, Moriatsu ^a   Ishikawa, Yukio ^a   Aikawa, Atsushi ^a   Mizuiri, Sonoo ^a   Ohara, Takehiro ^a   Ishii, Toshiharu ^a   Hasegawa, Akira ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Kidney transplantation; Protocol biopsy; Tubular epithelial cell; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE DAMAGE; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULES; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; UROTHELIUM; VIMENTIN;

EID: 9644287824     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2004.00938.x     Document Type: Article

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