Are the current chronic allograft nephropathy grading systems sufficient to predict renal allograft survival?

A major problem in renal transplantation is identifying a grading system that can predict long-term graft survival. The present study determined the extent to which the two existing grading systems (Banff 97 and chronic allograft damage index, CADI) correlate with each other and with graft loss. A t...

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Main Authors: G.T. Moscoso-Solorzano, G. Mastroianni-Kirsztajn, K.S. Ozaki, S. Araujo, M.F. Franco, A. Pacheco-Silva, N.O.S. Camara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2008001000011&lng=en&tlng=en