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- Title
Donor kidney biopsies: pathology matters, and so does the pathologist.
- Authors
Haas, Mark
- Abstract
Histologic scoring of pre-implantation biopsies of expanded-criteria donor (ECD) kidneys has proven useful for predicting post-implantation allograft performance and guiding transplant clinicians as to which kidneys to discard. However, there is considerable interobserver variability in scoring these biopsies, as well as disagreements between studies examining the value of different histologic parameters in predicting graft function. Azancot and co-workers demonstrate that these biopsies' prognostic value is highly dependent on their being examined by an experienced renal pathologist.
- Subjects
HOMOGRAFTS; KIDNEY disease risk factors; FOCAL segmental glomerulosclerosis; URINARY organ diseases; PATHOLOGISTS
- Publication
Kidney International, 2014, Vol 85, Issue 5, p1016
- ISSN
0085-2538
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ki.2013.439