Familial IgA nephropathy in southeastern Kentucky

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-121

  Lavigne, K A ^a,b   Woodford, S Y ^c   Barker, C V ^c   Julian, B A ^c,d   Novak, J ^d   Moldoveanu, Z ^d   Gharavi, A G ^e   Wyatt, R J ^a,b  

^a LE BONHEUR CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Familial IgAN; IgA nephropathy; Mutation; Pedigrees

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PENETRANCE; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

EID: 76649084552     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CNP73115     Document Type: Article

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