Should adolescents with glomerulopathies be treated as children or adults?

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Requião Moura, Lúcio R ^a   Veras De S Freitas, Tainá ^a   Franco, Marcello F ^a   Pereira, Aparecido B ^a   Mastroianni Kirsztajn, Gianna ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Epidemiology; Glomerular disease; Glomerulonephritis; Nephrotic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULOPATHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 47949122695     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000145460     Document Type: Article

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