Fibronectin glomerulopathy with nephrotic syndrome in a 3-year-old male

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 363-366

  Niimi, Kazuhiko ^a   Tsuru, Noboru ^a   Uesugi, Noriko ^b   Takebayashi, Shigeru ^b  

^a Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Family history; Fibronectin glomerulopathy; Hypertension; Nephrotic syndrome

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; FIBRONECTIN; NIFEDIPINE;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FIBRONECTIN GLOMERULOPATHY; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULOPATHY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; MESANGIUM; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FIBRONECTINS; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PEDIGREE; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 0036939107     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-002-0833-2     Document Type: Article

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