Alport syndrome - Clinical phenotypes, incidence, and pathology

Contributions to Nephrology

Volumn 117, Issue , 1996, Pages 1-28

  Gregory, Martin C ^a   Terreros, Daniel A ^a   Barker, David F ^b   Fain, Pamela N ^a   Denison, Joyce C ^b   Atkin, Curtis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEPHRITIS; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

AGE OF ONSET; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0029689427     PISSN: 03025144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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