Clinical and pathological correlations of C4d immunostaining and its infl uence on the outcome of kidney transplant recipients

INTRODUCTION: C4d is a marker of antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) in kidney allografts, although cellular rejection also have C4d deposits. OBJECTIVE: To correlate C4d expression with clinico-pathological parameters and graft outcomes at three years. METHODS: One hundred forty six renal transplant...

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Main Authors: Virna Nowotny Carpio, Carolina Rech, Evlyn Isabel Eickhoff, Karla Laís Pegas, Maria Isabel Albano Edelweiss, Luiz Felipe Santos Gonçalves, Roberto Ceratti Manfro, Francisco Veríssimo Veronese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia 2011-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002011000300009&lng=en&tlng=en