Glomerular basement membrane length to podocyte ratio in human nephronopenia: Implications for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1179-1188

  Bhathena, Dinyar B ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal glomerulosclerosis in maximally hypertrophied glomeruli; Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) in nephronopenia; Human nephronopenia; Maximal glomerular hypertrophy; Nephronopenic focal glomerulosclerosis; Podocyte hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; NEPHRONOPENIA; PODOCYTE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0038100496     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6386(03)00349-4     Document Type: Article

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