An overview on frequency of renal biopsy diagnosis in Brazil: Clinical and pathological patterns based on 9617 native kidney biopsies

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 490-496

  Polito, Maria Goretti ^a   De Moura, Luiz Antonio Ribeiro ^b   Kirsztajn, Gianna Mastroianni ^a  

^a Nephrology Division   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Glomerulopathy; Prevalence; Renal biopsy; Renal diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOMERULOPATHY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649119644     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp355     Document Type: Article

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