Supersized kidneys: Lessons from the preclinical obese kidney

Kidney International

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 909-910

  D'Agati, V D ^a   Markowitz, G S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY SIZE; KIDNEY STRUCTURE; MESANGIUM CELL; MORBID OBESITY; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; TISSUE SECTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 41449106950     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.42     Document Type: Note

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