Ultrastructure of mesangial type III collagen deposition in a patient with IgA nephropathy

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 146-152

  Kunitomi, Mie ^a   Wada, Jun ^a   Miyatake, Nobuyuki ^a   Hayashi, Yoshiko ^a   Ota, Kosuke ^a   Makino, Hirofumi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen type III; IgA nephropathy; Interstitial collagen; Phenotypic change of mesangial cells; Striated membranous structure; Tissue negative staining

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; MESANGIUM CELL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0031835579     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.1998.v32.pm9669436     Document Type: Article

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