Open AccessImaging as a Noninvasive Tool for Evaluating Interstitial Fibrosis in Kidney Allografts
Author(s) -
Emilio D. Poggio
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.08520719
Subject(s) - medicine , fibrosis , pathology , kidney disease , transplantation , kidney transplantation , kidney , lesion , atrophy , nephropathy , urology , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus
Interstitial fibrosis is an almost universal histologic finding in progressive kidney parenchymal disease, both in native and transplanted kidneys. When established, it is a nonreversible lesion. In kidney transplantation, chronic kidney allograft dysfunction is clinically characterized by
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