Glomerular density-associated changes in clinicopathological features of minimal change nephrotic syndrome in adults

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 542-548

  Koike, Kentaro ^a   Tsuboi, Nobuo ^a   Utsunomiya, Yasunori ^a   Kawamura, Tetsuya ^a   Hosoya, Tatsuo ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid therapy; Glomerular density; Minimal change; Nephrotic syndrome; Renal biopsy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULAR DENSITY; GLOMERULUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL CHANGE NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRONS; NEPHROSIS, LIPOID; PHENOTYPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82055175139     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334360     Document Type: Article

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