Glomerular diseases in a Hispanic population: Review of a regional renal biopsy database

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 140-144

  Arias, Luis Fernando ^a   Henao, Jorge ^a   Giraldo, Rubén Darío ^a   Carvajal, Nelson ^a   Rodelo, Joaquin ^a   Arbeláez, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Database; Epidemiology; Glomerulonephritis; Hispanic americans

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; INFANT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MORBIDITY; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; REFERENCE DATABASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIOPSY; COLOMBIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70849100372     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802009000300006     Document Type: Article

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