Renal tubular basement membrane changes in tubulointerstitial damage in patients with glomerular diseases

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 359-368

  Sinniah, Raja ^a   Khan, Tahir N ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Glomerular disease; Tubular basement membrane

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS;

EID: 0033402475     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019131299281329     Document Type: Article

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