Glomerular basement membrane thickness in children: A stereologic assessment

Kidney International

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 895-900

  Ramage, Ian J ^a   Howatson, Allan G ^a   McColl, John H ^a   Maxwell, Heather ^a   Murphy, Anna V ^a   Beattie, T James ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arithmetic mean estimation; GBM morphology; Kidney research; Measurement of GBM; Orthogonal intercept estimation; Stereology; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMETRY; THICKNESS;

EID: 0036423320     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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