Urinary excretion of podocytes reflects disease activity in children with glomerulonephritis

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-41

  Hara, Masanori ^a,b   Yanagihara, Toshio ^a   Takada, Tsuneo ^a   Itoh, Michio ^a   Matsuno, Masatomo ^a   Yamamoto, Tadashi ^a   Kihara, Itaru ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yoshida Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Glomerulonephritis; Podocytes in the urine

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PODOCALYXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PODOCYTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; URINARY EXCRETION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE SEDIMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; URINE;

EID: 0031973615     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000013302     Document Type: Article

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