Histopathological spectrum of childhood nephrotic syndrome in Indian children

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 657-660

  Kumar, Jitendra ^a   Gulati, Sanjeev ^a   Sharma, Ajay Prakash ^a   Sharma, Raj Kumar ^a   Gupta, Ramesh Kumar ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis; Minimal change disease; Nephrotic syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIGEN; NITROGEN; PLASMA PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; UREA;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HEMATURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INDIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; ONSET AGE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0038015692     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-003-1154-9     Document Type: Article

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