Clinical applications of the quick-freezing and deep-etching method to human diabetic nephropathy

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 69-73

  Moriya, Tatsumi ^a   Ohno, Shinichi ^b   Tanaka, Keiji ^a   Fujita, Yoshikuni ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetic nephropathy; Glomerular basement membrane; Mesangial matrix; Meshwork structure; Quick freezing and deep etching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FREEZE ETCHING; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MALE; MESANGIUM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; FREEZE ETCHING; GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED;

BUILDINGS; DISEASES; ETCHING; FREEZING; MESH GENERATION;

DEEP ETCHING; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETICS PATIENTS; ETCHING METHOD; GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE; MATRIX; MESANGIAL MATRIX; MESHWORK STRUCTURE; QUICK-FREEZING AND DEEP-ETCHING; ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES;

BIOPSY;

EID: 33747889332     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfl010     Document Type: Article

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