Renal pathology, glomerular number and volume in a West African urban community

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2576-2585

  McNamara, Bridgette J ^a   Diouf, Boucar ^b   Hughson, Michael D ^c   Douglas Denton, Rebecca N ^a   Hoy, Wendy E ^d   Bertram, John F ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar   (Senegal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Glomerular volume; Nephron number; Renal pathology; Senegal

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY SIZE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYALINE DEGENERATION; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY MASS; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; SENEGAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 42149162106     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfn039     Document Type: Article

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