Pattern of renal diseases among adults in Saudi Arabia: A clinicopathologic study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 463-467

  Al Homrany, Mohammed A ^a  

^a Abha Technical College   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Mesangiocapillary; Renal Disease; Saudi Arabia; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0033182825     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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