A microscopic study of kidney tissue in familial mediterranean fever patients

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 363-367

  Sari Kiliçaslan, Seda M ^a   Ayvali, Cevat ^a   Taştan, Hakki ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Familial Mediterranean Fever; Kidney; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BOWMAN CAPSULE; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; DEGENERATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY TUBULE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; BOWMAN CAPSULE; CELL MEMBRANE; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 34447542540     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: 10990844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1286     Document Type: Article

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