Lessons from kidney biopsies

Diabetes/Metabolism Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 151-174

  Østerby, Ruth ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY;

GLOMERULUS;

EID: 0029802081     PISSN: 07424221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0895(199610)12:3<151::AID-DMR162>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Review

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