Worldwide distribution of glomerular diseases: The role of renal biopsy registries

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 334-336

  Pesce, Francesco ^a   Schena, Francesco Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Glomerulonephritis; Registries; Renal biopsy

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULOPATHY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER;

BIOPSY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 75649091142     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp620     Document Type: Note

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