Correlation between glomerular size and long-term renal function in patients with substantial loss of renal mass

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-44

  Abdi, Reza ^a   Dong, Victor M ^b   Rubel, Jeffrey R ^a   Kittur, Dilip ^d   Marshall, Fray ^c   Racusen, Lorraine C ^e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc   (Netherlands)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney; Kidney failure; Kidney glomerulus; Nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY MASS; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038679438     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000069821.97385.6b     Document Type: Article

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