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Long-term allograft surveillance: the role of protocol biopsies
P Nickerson1, J Jeffery, D Rush
1Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Current Opinion in Urology
|February 27, 2001
Abstract:
The safety of the renal allograft biopsy and the standardization of allograft histopathology interpretation have renewed interest in the performance of protocol (surveillance) biopsies. Recent surveillance biopsy studies in the areas of pre-implantation and in the early and late post-transplant periods are discussed.