Glomerular volume and renal histology in obese and non-obese living kidney donors

Kidney International

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1636-1641

  Rea, D J ^a   Heimbach, J K ^a   Grande, J P ^a   Textor, S C ^a   Taler, S J ^a   Prieto, M ^a   Larson, T S ^a   Cosio, F G ^a   Stegall, M D ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b William J von Liebig Transplant Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney biopsy; Kidney donation; Kidney transplantation; Microalbuminuria; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; IOTALAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYALINE DEGENERATION; IMPLANTATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE FUNCTION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33750216539     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5001799     Document Type: Article

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