Nephron number and individual glomerular volumes in male Caucasian and African American subjects

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2428-2433

  Zimanyi, Monika A ^a   Hoy, Wendy E ^b   Douglas Denton, Rebecca N ^a   Hughson, Michael D ^c   Holden, Libby M ^b   Bertram, John F ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Caucasian; Glomerular volume; Nephron number; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GLOMERULAR VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEPHRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRONS; ORGAN SIZE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67651102715     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp116     Document Type: Article

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