A comparison of nephron number, glomerular volume and kidney weight in Senegalese Africans and African Americans

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1514-1520

  McNamara, Bridgette J ^a   Diouf, Boucar ^b   Douglas Denton, Rebecca N ^a   Hughson, Michael D ^c   Hoy, Wendy E ^d   Bertram, John F ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar   (Senegal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

African Americans; Glomerular volume; Kidney weight; Nephron number; Senegalese Africans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY MASS; MALE; NEPHRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SENEGAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; BODY SURFACE AREA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRONS; ORGAN SIZE; SENEGAL;

EID: 77951689418     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq030     Document Type: Article

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