Quantitative analysis of the interstitial myofibroblasts in idiopathic mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis type I

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 195, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 663-668

  Danilewicz, Marian ^a   Antoszczyk, Łukasz ^b   Wagrowska Danilewicz, Małgorzata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis type I; Morphometry; Myofibroblasts

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; LEUKOSIALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MICROSCOPY; MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; MORPHOMETRICS; MYOFIBROBLAST; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0032882990     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(99)80056-9     Document Type: Article

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