A characteristic dissection microscopy appearance of a renal biopsy of a fabry heterozygote

Nephron

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 354-356

  Yuen, Nancy Wah Fun ^a   Lam, Ching Wan ^a   Chow, Tat Chong ^a   Chiu, Man Chun ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dissection microscopy; Fabry disease; Renal biopsy

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL SWELLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISSECTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FABRY DISEASE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DEFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE SECTION; VISCERA;

EID: 0030660461     PISSN: 16608151     EISSN: 22353186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000190301     Document Type: Article

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