Applicability of the glomerular size distribution coefficient in assessing human glomerular volume: The Weibel and Gomez method revisited

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 578-582

  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

Glomerular diameters; Glomerular profiles; Human kidney; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GLOMERULOPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BIOPSY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34247521820     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00715.x     Document Type: Article

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