Centre variation in incidence, indication and diagnosis of adult native renal biopsy in Scotland

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1524-1528

  McQuarrie, Emily P ^a   MacKinnon, Bruce ^d   Young, Barbara ^a   Yeoman, Lindsay ^a   Stewart, Graham ^b   Fleming, Stewart ^b   Robertson, Sue ^c   Simpson, Keith ^d   Fox, Jonathan ^d   Geddes, Colin C ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Glomerulonephritis; Kidney biopsy; Proteinuria; Registry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GLOMERULOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REGISTER; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINURIA; REGISTRIES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 65249096053     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfn677     Document Type: Article

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