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A new pathologic scoring system for renal calcineurin-inhibitor toxicity correlates with future graft function

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boxed-textKambham N et al. (2007) A novel, semiquantitative, clinically correlated calcineurin inhibitor toxicity score for renal allograft biopsies. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2: 135–142

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  1. T Cook is Professor of Renal Pathology at Imperial College London and Consultant Renal Pathologist to the West London Renal and Transplant Centre, London, UK.,

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