Value of electron microscopy in the diagnosis of glomerular diseases

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 49-61

  Darouich, Sihem ^a   Goucha, Rym Louzir ^b   Jaafoura, Mohamed Habib ^a   Moussa, Fatma Ben ^c   Zekri, Semy ^a   Maiz, Hédi Ben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Electron microscopy; Glomerulonephritis; Immunofluorescence microscopy; Light microscopy; Renal biopsy; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749242641     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913120903506637     Document Type: Article

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