Glomerular density in renal biopsy specimens predicts the long-term prognosis of IgA nephropathy

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-44

  Tsuboi, Nobuo ^a   Kawamura, Tetsuya ^a   Koike, Kentaro ^a   Okonogi, Hideo ^a   Hirano, Keita ^a   Hamaguchi, Akihiko ^a   Miyazaki, Yoichi ^a   Ogura, Makoto ^a   Joh, Kensuke ^b   Utsunomiya, Yasunori ^a   Hosoya, Tatsuo ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAKURA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR CRESCENT; CHILD; DENSITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TISSUE SECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749130326     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.04680709     Document Type: Article

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