The frequency of IgA nephropathy at a single center in Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 301-305

  Muzaffar, S ^a   Azad, N S ^a   Kayani, N ^a   Pervaz, S ^a   Ahmed, A ^a   Hasan, S H ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULOPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; SEX RATIO; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 34548298452     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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