Incidental healed postinfectious glomerulonephritis: A study of 1012 renal biopsy specimens examined by electron microscopy

Human Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-10

  Haas, Mark ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetic nephropathy; Electron microscopy; Hematuria; Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis; Renal biopsy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; IMMUNE COMPLEX NEPHRITIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0037258974     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hupa.2003.53     Document Type: Article

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