Relationship between mast cells in the tubulointerstitium and prognosis of patients with IgA nephropathy

Nephron

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 391-397

  Kurusu, Atushi ^a   Suzuki, Yusuke ^a   Horikoshi, Satoshi ^a   Shirato, Isao ^a   Tomino, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

IgA nephropathy, prognosis; Mast cells; Tubulointerstitial fibrosis

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INTERSTITIUM; MALE; MAST CELL; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CELL COUNT; CREATININE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; NEPHROSIS, LIPOID; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 0035204674     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000046109     Document Type: Article

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