Familial aggregation of primary glomerulonephritis in an Italian population isolate: Valtrompia study

Kidney International

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1033-1040

  Izzi, C ^a   Sanna Cherchi, S ^b   Prati, E ^c   Belleri, R ^d   Remedio, A ^d   Tardanico, R ^e   Foramitti, M ^a   Guerini, S ^a   Viola, B F ^a   Movilli, E ^a   Beerman, I ^f   Lifton, R ^f   Leone, L ^d   Gharavi, A ^b   Scolari, F ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Hospital of Desenzano del Garda   (Italy)

^d Azienda Sanitaria Locale of Brescia ^*  (Italy)

^e Second Pathology Department   (Italy)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Divisione di Dermatologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Familial aggregation; Genetic isolate; Primary glomerulonephritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; INBREEDING; ITALY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIGREE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 33644853997     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5000185     Document Type: Article

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