Primary IgA nephropathy in North India: Is it different?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1035, 2012, Pages 15-20

  Mittal, Neha ^a   Joshi, Kusum ^a   Rane, Swapnil ^a   Nada, Ritambhra ^a   Sakhuja, Vinay ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; INDIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; PROTEINURIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOPSY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HISTOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 83755183711     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2011-130077     Document Type: Article

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