Determinants of glomerular volume in different cortical zones of the human kidney

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3102-3109

  Samuel, Terry ^a   Hoy, Wendy E ^b   Douglas Denton, Rebecca ^a   Hughson, Michael D ^c   Bertram, John F ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY STRUCTURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 33645272429     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2005010123     Document Type: Article

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