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Molecular Analysis of Renal Allograft Biopsies—More Than a Nice Toy for Researchers?
Author(s) -
Volk H.D.,
Sawitzki B.,
Reinke P.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.12081
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , biopsy , pathology , medical diagnosis , intensive care medicine , medical physics , general surgery , surgery
This editorial discuss two papers (see pages 634 and 645) on molecular diagnosis of kidney transplant injury as an alternative to standard histopathological analysis, highlighting the broad range of opportunities as well as remaining needs influencing the adoption of these techniques into routine clinical practice.