Clinicopathological influence of obesity in IgA nephropathy: Comparative study of 74 patients

Contributions to Nephrology

Volumn 157, Issue , 2007, Pages 90-93

  Tanaka, Mari ^a   Tsujii, Tomomi ^a   Komiya, Toshiyuki ^a   Iwasaki, Yukako ^a   Sugishita, Takeshi ^a   Yonemoto, Satomi ^a   Tsukamoto, Tatsuo ^a   Fukui, Satoshi ^a   Takasu, Akimasa ^a   Muso, Eri ^a  

^a Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PROTEINURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PROTEINURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS;

EID: 34249011787     PISSN: 03025144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/0000102309     Document Type: Conference Paper

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