Expression of α-actinin-4 in acquired human nephrotic syndrome: A quantitative immunoelectron microscopy study

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 844-851

  Goode, Nigel P ^a   Shires, Michael ^a   Khan, Tahir N ^a   Mooney, Andrew F ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

actinin 4; Membranous nephropathy; Minimal change nephrosis; Nephrotic syndrome; Podocyte

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEVICE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTININ; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME;

EID: 1842471186     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfg620     Document Type: Article

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