Myofibroblasts, predictors of progression of mesangial IgA nephropathy?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1994, Pages 1418-1425

  Goumenos, D S ^a   Brown, C B ^a   El Nahas, A M ^a,b   Shortland, J ^b  

^a Sheffield Kidney Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure (CRF); Glomeruloscierosis; Mesangial IgA nephropathy; Myofibroblasts; Tubulointerstitial fibrosis; smooth muscle actin

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CREATININE; DIURETIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INTERSTITIUM; KIDNEY SCAR; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMAN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028137068     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.ndt.a092666     Document Type: Article

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