Altered ultrastructural distribution of nephrin in minimal change nephrotic syndrome

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-76

  Wernerson, Annika ^a   Dunér, Fredrik ^a   Pettersson, Erna ^a   Widholm, Silwa Mengarelli ^a   Berg, Ulla ^a   Ruotsalainen, Vesa ^b   Tryggvason, Karl ^c   Hultenby, Kjell ^a   Söderberg, Magnus ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glomerulus; Nephrin; Proteinuria; Slit diaphragm; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; NEPHRIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROTEINS;

EID: 12244254488     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/18.1.70     Document Type: Article

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