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Most renal allograft biopsies are taken because of impaired excretory function called graft dysfunction. This could be called acute or chronic renal failure as appropriate although these terms are rarely used. The extreme cases are when the graft has not functioned at all or has completely lost function.
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Howie, A.J. (2001). Indication for biopsy: renal allograft. In: Handbook of Renal Biopsy Pathology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0769-6_11
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