Distribution of volumes of individual glomeruli in kidneys at autopsy: Association with physical and clinical characteristics and with ethnic group

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 15-20

  Hoy, Wendy E ^a   Hughson, Michael D ^e   Diouf, Boucar ^f   Zimanyi, Monika ^c   Samuel, Terence ^c   McNamara, Bridgette J ^d   Douglas Denton, Rebecca N ^c   Holden, Libby ^b   Mott, Susan A ^a   Bertram, John F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

African Americans; Africans; Australian Aborigines; Birth weight; Hypertension; Individual glomerular volume; Obesity; Senegalese; US Whites

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; AUTOPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; SUDDEN DEATH;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORGAN SIZE; SENEGAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958797952     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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