Hypocomplementemia and membranoproliferative glomeruloneophritis in children

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-33

  Iitaka, Kikuo ^a,b   Nakamura, Shinya ^b   Moriya, Shunsuke ^b   Koshino, Hiroe ^b   Iwanami, Naomi ^b   Sakai, Tadasu ^c   Motoyama, Osamu ^d  

^a Yamato Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Children's Kidney Center   (Japan)

^d TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Hypocomplementemia; Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis; School urinary screening

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3;

ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FOLLOW UP; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CHILD; COMPLEMENT C3; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; KIDNEY; MASS SCREENING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 17744377699     PISSN: 13421751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10157-004-0330-y     Document Type: Article

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