Changing prevalence of glomerular diseases in Korean adults: A review of 20 years of experience

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2406-2410

  Chang, Jae Hyun ^a   Kim, Dong Ki ^a   Kim, Hyun Wook ^a   Park, Sun Young ^a   Yoo, Tae Hyun ^a   Kim, Beom Seok ^a   Kang, Shin Wook ^a   Choi, Kyu Hun ^a   Han, Dae Suk ^a   Jeong, Heon Joo ^a   Lee, Ho Yung ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adult; Glomerulonephritis; Nephrotic syndrome; Prevalence; Renal biopsy

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KOREA; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651095870     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp091     Document Type: Article

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