Measurement of glomerular volume in needle biopsy specimens

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 239-243

  MacLeod, Jean M ^a,c   White, Kathryn E ^a   Tate, Helen ^b   Bilous, Rudolf W ^a,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cavalieri principle; Diabetes mellitus; Glomerular volume; Glomerulopathy; Light microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOMERULAR VOLUME; GLOMERULOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MICROSCOPY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREMIA;

EID: 0033978715     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/15.2.239     Document Type: Article

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