Podocyte number predicts long-term urinary albumin excretion in Pima Indians with Type II diabetes and microalbuminuria

Diabetologia

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1341-1344

  Meyer, T W ^a   Bennett, P H ^b   Nelson, R G ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Digestive and Kidney Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetic nephropathies; Epithelial cell; Glomerulus; Indians; North American; Type II diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PODOCYTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; CELL COUNT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032710966     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250051447     Document Type: Article

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