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Can pre-implantation biopsies predict renal allograft function in pediatric renal transplant recipients?

Jameela A. Kari, Alison L. Ma, Stephanie Dufek, Ismail Mohamed, Nizam Mamode, Neil J. Sebire and Stephen D. Marks
Saudi Medical Journal November 2015, 36 (11) 1299-1304; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.11.12976
Jameela A. Kari
From the Department of Pediatrics (Kari), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Departments of Pediatric Nephrology (Ma, Dufek, Marks), Pediatric Pathology (Sebire), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, the Department of Transplant Surgery (Mohamed, Mamode), Guy’s Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London, United Kingdom
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Alison L. Ma
From the Department of Pediatrics (Kari), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Departments of Pediatric Nephrology (Ma, Dufek, Marks), Pediatric Pathology (Sebire), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, the Department of Transplant Surgery (Mohamed, Mamode), Guy’s Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London, United Kingdom
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Stephanie Dufek
From the Department of Pediatrics (Kari), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Departments of Pediatric Nephrology (Ma, Dufek, Marks), Pediatric Pathology (Sebire), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, the Department of Transplant Surgery (Mohamed, Mamode), Guy’s Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London, United Kingdom
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Ismail Mohamed
From the Department of Pediatrics (Kari), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Departments of Pediatric Nephrology (Ma, Dufek, Marks), Pediatric Pathology (Sebire), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, the Department of Transplant Surgery (Mohamed, Mamode), Guy’s Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London, United Kingdom
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Nizam Mamode
From the Department of Pediatrics (Kari), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Departments of Pediatric Nephrology (Ma, Dufek, Marks), Pediatric Pathology (Sebire), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, the Department of Transplant Surgery (Mohamed, Mamode), Guy’s Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London, United Kingdom
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Neil J. Sebire
From the Department of Pediatrics (Kari), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Departments of Pediatric Nephrology (Ma, Dufek, Marks), Pediatric Pathology (Sebire), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, the Department of Transplant Surgery (Mohamed, Mamode), Guy’s Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London, United Kingdom
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Stephen D. Marks
From the Department of Pediatrics (Kari), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Departments of Pediatric Nephrology (Ma, Dufek, Marks), Pediatric Pathology (Sebire), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, the Department of Transplant Surgery (Mohamed, Mamode), Guy’s Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London, United Kingdom
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Saudi Medical Journal Nov 2015, 36 (11) 1299-1304; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2015.11.12976

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