Ultrastructural model for size selectivity in glomerular filtration

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 6 45-6, 1996, Pages

  Edwards, Aurélie ^a   Daniels, Barbara S ^b   Deen, William M ^c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ficoll; Glomerular basement membrane; Sieving coefficient

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033001525     PISSN: 03636127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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