title: Prognostic Value of Modified Banff Score in the Evolution of Renal Function.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Some lesions not included in the Banff classification, such as inflammation in the scarred areas and total inflammation, have been described to have prognostic value in the evaluation of graft biopsies. Our aim was to reassess kidney graft biopsies and study the impact of histopathologic lesions, both those graded in the Banff classification and those related to inflammation, on the graft function and evolution.
  
  
  METHODS
  We selected 20 biopsies exhibiting chronic pathology without a specific phenotype, and we reevaluated them with the use of a modified Banff score.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found statistically significant association between the presence of total inflammation (P = .048; P = .038), the presence of inflammation in scared area (P = .037; P = .018), and creatinine at the time of renal biopsy and 1 year after the renal biopsy, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that the presence of both inflammation in the scarred areas and total inflammation are related to renal function at the time of the biopsy and to renal function 1 year after the biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona Campus de la UAB, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: ioana_bancu@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bancu
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hernández-Gallego
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: López-Alvárez
authors.affiliation: Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujoll, Badalona, Spain.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lozano-Ramos
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; Red de Investigación Renal, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cañas-Sole
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Juega-Mariño
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez-Mir
authors.affiliation: Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujoll, Badalona, Spain; Red de Investigación Renal, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Borras-Seres
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; Red de Investigación Renal, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bonet-Sol
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; Red de Investigación Renal, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lauzurica
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology; D003404:Creatinine / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods; D009393:Nephritis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D063305:Organ Dysfunction Scores; D011379:Prognosis; D019737:Transplants / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D003404:Creatinine