Morphometric and visual evaluation of fibrosis in renal biopsies.

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Published in J Am Soc Nephrol on November 29, 2010

Authors

Alton B Farris1, Catherine D Adams, Nicole Brousaides, Patricia A Della Pelle, A Bernard Collins, Ellie Moradi, R Neal Smith, Paul C Grimm, Robert B Colvin

Author Affiliations

1: Pathology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Genomics of Chronic Renal Allograft Rejection (The GoCAR Study) | NCT00611702

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