Nationwide and long-term survey of primary glomerulonephritis in Japan as observed in 1850 biopsied cases

Nephron

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 205-213

  Koyama, Akio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

IgA nephropathy; Membranous nephropathy; Primary glomerulonephritis; Renal survival; Urinalysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CLINICAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; REGISTRATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033032845     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000045404     Document Type: Article

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