Global evolutionary trend of the prevalence of primary glomerulonephritis over the past three decades

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Woo, Keng Thye ^a   Chan, Choong Meng ^a   Chin, Yoke Mooi ^a   Choong, Hui Lin ^a   Tan, Han Kim ^a   Foo, Marjorie ^a   Anantharaman, Vathsala ^a   Lee, Grace S L ^a   Chiang, Gilbert S C ^a   Tan, Puay Hoon ^a   Lim, Cheng Hong ^a   Tan, Chorh Chuan ^b   Lee, Evan ^b   Tan, Hwee Boon ^a   Fook Chong, Stephanie ^a   Lau, Yeow Kok ^a   Wong, Kok Seng ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Epidemiology, clinical; Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; Glomerulonephritis; IgA nephritis; Renal biopsy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIGEN; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL;

AGING; ARTICLE; ASIA; DIET; EXPOSURE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; INFECTION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANIMALS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77954884215     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319594     Document Type: Article

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