Epidemiology of IgA nephropathy in central and eastern Kentucky for the period 1975 through 1994

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 853-858

  Wyatt, Robert J ^a,b,g   Julian, Bruce A ^c   Baehler, Richard W ^d   Stafford, C Craig ^e   Mcmorrow, R Gregory ^d   Ferguson, Thomas ^d   Jackson, Elizabeth ^f   Woodford, Susan Y ^b   Miller, Paula M ^a,b   Kritchevsky, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d Nephrology Associates   (United States)

^e LEXINGTON CLINIC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^g LE BONHEUR CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031970868     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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