The importance of sample size in the interpretation of the renal biopsy

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 85-89

  Corwin, Howard L ^a   Schwartz, Melvin M ^a   Lewis, Edmund J ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Binomial distribution; Renal biopsy

Indexed keywords

GLOMERULUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLE;

BIOPSY; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS;

EID: 0023908929     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000167563     Document Type: Editorial

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