Open AccessHISTOLOGICAL OUTCOME OF ACUTE CELLULAR REJECTION IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION AFTER TREATMENT WITH METHYLPREDNISOLONE
Author(s) -
Eduardo Mazzucchi,
Antônio Marmo Lucon,
William C. Nahas,
Elias David Neto,
Luís Balthazar Saldanha,
E Sabbaga,
Luiz Estevam Ianhez,
Sami Arap
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-199902150-00016
Subject(s) - medicine , methylprednisolone , creatinine , biopsy , corticosteroid , transplantation , incidence (geometry) , gastroenterology , histology , histopathology , surgery , pathology , physics , optics
Several studies comparing the response of acute cellular rejection (ACR) episodes to different corticosteroid regimens have been conducted. However, in most of them, the histological evaluation of the infiltrate and its correlation with clinical response was not studied. The clinical and histological outcomes of 37 episodes of ACR treated with methylprednisolone (MP) were studied, with the aim to determine how long the infiltrate takes to be cleared after therapy.