Renal diseases: A 27-year renal biopsy study

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 500-507

  Carvalho, Elísio ^a   do Sameiro Faria, Maria ^b   Nunes, José Pedro L ^c   Sampaio, Susana ^a   Valbuena, Carmen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL MARIA PIA   (Portugal)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Glomerulonephritis; IgA nephropathy; Renal biopsy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; NEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VASCULITIS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 37849189015     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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