Urinary concentrations of alpha-1-microglobulin and albumin in patients with reflux nephropathy before and after puberty

Nephron

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 812-816

  Konda, Ryuichiro ^a   Kakizaki, Hidehiro ^b   Nakai, Hideo ^b   Hayashi, Yutaro ^b   Hosokawa, Shozo ^b   Kawaguchi, Satoru ^b   Matuoka, Hirofumi ^b   Nonomura, Katsuya ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

1 Microglobulin; Age; Albumin; Gender; Vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 MICROGLOBULIN; SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY SCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; REFLUX NEPHROPATHY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ALBUMINURIA; ALPHA-GLOBULINS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; PROTEINURIA; PUBERTY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0036967867     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065462     Document Type: Article

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