Glomerulomegaly in Australian Aborigines

Nephrology

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Bertram, John F ^a,d   Young, Richard J ^a   Seymour, Anthony E ^b   Kincaid Smith, Priscilla ^a   Hoy, Wendy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Aborigines; Glomerulomegaly

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032464515     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.1998.tb00472.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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