Decreased Kidney Graft Survival in Low Immunological Risk Patients Showing Inflammation in Normal Protocol Biopsies.

The pros and cons for implementing protocol biopsies (PB) after kidney transplantation are still a matter of debate. We aimed to address the frequency of pathological findings in PB, to analyze their impact on long-term graft survival (GS) and to analyze the risk factors predicting an abnormal histo...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Ortiz, Rosana Gelpi, Ilkka Helanterä, Edoardo Melilli, Eero Honkanen, Oriol Bestard, Josep M Grinyo, Josep M Cruzado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4988662?pdf=render