Primary nephrotic syndrome during childhood in Turkey

Pediatrics International

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 436-438

  Özkaya, Nuray ^a   Çakar, Nilgün ^b   Ekim, Mesiha ^a   Kara, Nazli ^b   Akkök, Nermin ^b   Yalçinkaya, Fatos ^a,c  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b I Neurosurgery Clinic   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood; Nephrotic syndrome; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MORBIDITY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 4344627531     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2004.01920.x     Document Type: Article

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