Rewriting the histological classification of lupus nephritis

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2002, Pages

  Schwartz, Melvin M ^a   Lewis, Edmund J ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse; Global; Glomerulonephritis; Histological classification; Interstitial nephritis; Lupus nephritis; Membranous; Pathogenesis; Segmental; Vasculitis; WHO classification

Indexed keywords

CELL DAMAGE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LEYDIG CELL; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VASCULITIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

HUMANS; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0036877385     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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