What is the Banff classification for renal allograft rejection?
Answer The Banff Schema is described in the report of the Third Banff Conference ). T-cell mediated rejection is discussed as well as late-appearing antibody-mediated rejection, recently more fully described by Trpkov et al. in the June 15th issue of Transplantation 61(11):1582-1592, 1996 . Quantitative criteria for the three lesions used to diagnose rejection in the Banff Classification are as follows (tables modified from Kidney International 44:411-422, 1993).
