Establishing the Diagnosis of Benign Familial Hematuria: The Importance of Examining the Urine Sediment of Family Members

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 259, Issue 15, 1988, Pages 2263-2266

  Blumenthal, Samuel S ^a,c   Fritsche, Claire ^a   Lemann, Jacob ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Veterans Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HEMATURIA; HEREDITY; HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HEARING DISORDERS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0023893966     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1988.03720150039033     Document Type: Article

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