Pattern of glomerulonephritis in Iran: A preliminary study and brief review

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Mohammadhoseiniakbari, Hassan ^a,e   Rezaei, Nima ^b   Rezaei, Alireza ^c   Roshan, Sara Khanipour ^d   Honarbakhsh, Yasamin ^d  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gender; Glomerulonephritis; Renal biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; IRAN; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349908131     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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