Transplantation Technologies & Research

Muhammed Mubarak

Publications

• Editorial
  Evolution of the Banff Working Classification of Renal Allograft Pathology: Updates and Future Directions
  Author(s): Muhammed Mubarak and Javed I. KaziMuhammed Mubarak and Javed I. Kazi
  
  Renal transplant pathology is a complex and rapidly evolving field of surgical pathology and the pathologic interpretation of renal allograft biopsy pose significant challenges and opportunities to the renal transplant pathologists. Both allo-immune and non-immune factors often interplay in causing damage to the kidney allograft at different time intervals post-transplantation. An accurate identification of these etiologic factors is essential for the optimal management and better long-term outcome of the renal transplant patients and the biopsy plays a pivotal role in this process. The Banff classification was introduced as an international, consensus-based working formulation to harmonize the reporting of pathological lesions seen on renal allograft biopsies. The first meeting of the Banff group took place in 1991 and the first detailed publication on th.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0991.1000e126

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