C4d detection in renal allograft biopsies: immunohistochemistry vs. immunofluorescence

Introduction. Peritubular capillary complement 4d staining is one of the criteria for the diagnosis of antibody-mediated rejection, and research into this is essential to kidney allograft evaluation. The immunofluorescence technique applied to frozen sections is the present gold-standard method for...

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Main Author: Santos,Ana (author)
Other Authors: Viana,Helena (author), Galvão,Maria João (author), Carvalho,Fernanda (author), Nolasco,Fernando (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0872-01692012000400006
Country:Portugal
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