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Correlation between the Banff 97 classification of renal allograft biopsies and clinical outcome
The 1997 fourth Banff meeting revised the consensus for describing transplant biopsies. We have conducted a retrospective analysis of biopsies correlated between the Banff 97 classification and clinical outcom...
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Differences in binding of glucocorticoid receptor to DNA in chronic renal graft rejection
Although chronic rejection is the most common reason for late allograft loss, its pathophysiology and etiology are unclear. Attempts to prevent chronic rejection are now focused on the modulation of transcrip...
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Factors influencing vertebral bone density after renal transplantation
To improve our understanding of the mechanisms underlying osteoporosis following renal transplantation, we compared bone mineral density (BMD) in 158 transplant recipients and in 293 patients undergoing maint...
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Morphological findings in non-episode biopsies of kidney transplant allografts treated with FK506 or cyclosporine
We conducted an analysis of biopsy specimens of non-episode renal allografts from patients treated with tacrolimus (FK506) or cyclosporine (CsA) to evaluate chronic drug-induced nephropathy in stable allograf...