Quantitative analysis of type IV collagen subchains in the glomerular basement membrane of patients with Alport syndrome with confocal microscopy

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1838-1847

  Su, Jian ^a   Liu, Zhi Hong ^a   Zeng, Cai Hong ^a   Wei Gong, ^a   Chen, Hui Ping ^a   Li, Lei Shi ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alport syndrome; Confocal microscopy; Type IV collagen

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA CHAIN; ALPORT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY; PEDIGREE; SKIN;

EID: 33745589750     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl090     Document Type: Article

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