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Biopsy of marginal donor kidneys: correlation of histologic findings with graft dysfunction.
Transplantation - 15 Apr 2000
Randhawa P S, Minervini M I, Lombardero M, Duquesnoy R, Fung J, Shapiro R, Jordan M, Vivas C, Scantlebury V, Demetris A
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BACKGROUND: Kidney biopsies are being used to evaluate marginal donors, but rigorous statistical validation of this practice with multivariate analysis has not been performed. METHODS: To analyze histologic parameters in 78 donor biopsies for their ability to predict graft dysfunction, we used a proportional odds model that included both donor and recipient factors. Glomerulosclerosis was categorized into grades...
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