Discordant evolution of asymptomatic proteinuria in identical twins

Nephron

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 174-179

  Kim, Hye Young ^a   Oh, Ha Young ^b,c   Lee, Yoon Ha ^b   Huh, Wooseong ^a   Kim, Yoon Goo ^b   Kim, Dae Joong ^b   Ko, Young Hyeh ^b   Kim, Mi Kyoung ^b  

^a Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic proteinuria; Environmental factors; Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; Genetic factors; Identical twins; Immunoglobulin M nephropathy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; EATING HABIT; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE COMPLEX NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEINURIA;

ADOLESCENT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; FIBROSIS; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KIDNEY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 0033058588     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000045394     Document Type: Article

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