Renal biopsy in very elderly patients: Data from the Spanish Registry of Glomerulonephritis

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 230-237

  Verde, Eduardo ^a   Quiroga, Borja ^a   Rivera, Francisco ^b   López Gómez, Juan M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CIUDAD REAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Amyloidosis; Elderly; Glomerulonephritis; Nephrotic syndrome; Renal biopsy; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; AGING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY AMYLOIDOSIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; REGISTRIES; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 84856893442     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336307     Document Type: Article

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