Glomerular disease in the tropics

Seminars in Nephrology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-20

  Seedat, Yackoob K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CLIMATE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GEOGRAPHY; GLOMERULOPATHY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; INFECTION; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NUTRITION; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SOCIOECONOMICS; TROPICS;

FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0037258077     PISSN: 02709295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/snep.2003.50001     Document Type: Review

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