Is mesangial hypercellularity with glomerular immaturity a variant of glomerulosclerosis?

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 674-683

  Ostalska Nowicka, Danuta ^a   Zachwieja, Jacek ^a   Nowicki, Michal ^a   Kaczmarek, Elzbieta ^a   Witt, Martin ^b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glomerular immaturity; Immunohistochemistry; Nephrotic syndrome; Podocyte

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; EZRIN; NEPHRIN; PODOCALYXIN; STEROID; SYNAPTOPODIN;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MESANGIUM CELL; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BIOPSY; CHILD; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIALOGLYCOPROTEINS;

EID: 34247853252     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-006-0407-9     Document Type: Article

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