title: Electron-microscopic peritubular capillary lesion is a specific and useful diagnostic indicator for chronic rejection of renal allografts showing less specific morphologic lesions in the cyclosporine era.
authors.affiliation: Nagoya City University Medical School, Department of Medicine III, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morozumi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oikawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugito
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Usami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujinami
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Haba
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tominaga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uchida
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002196:Capillaries / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000473:pathology; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016559:Tacrolimus / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D016572:Cyclosporine; D016559:Tacrolimus