Direct and indirect tests of pore size and charge selectivity in nephrotic syndrome

Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-199

  Ramjee, Gita ^a   Coovadia, Hoosen M ^a   Adhikari, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOPSY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEINURIA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALCIAN BLUE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 0030075645     PISSN: 00222143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2143(96)90078-5     Document Type: Article

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