Glomerular number and size: Facts and artefacts

Anatomical Record

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 66-71

  Pesce, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glomerulus; Number; Quantitation; Size; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL SIZE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STEREOMETRY;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; ORGAN SIZE;

ANIMALIA; GLOMERULUS;

EID: 0031948630     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199805)251:1<66::AID-AR11>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Review

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