Estimation of total glomerular number in stable renal transplants

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2662-2668

  Fulladosa, Xavier ^a   Moreso, Francesc ^a   Narváez, Jose A ^b   Grinyó, Josep M ^a   Serón, Daniel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DURAN I REYNALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DOG; DONOR; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INULIN CLEARANCE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0141790154     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ASN.0000088025.33462.B0     Document Type: Article

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