Life without nephrin: It's for the birds

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 369-371

  Miner, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEPHRIN; NEPHRIN 1; NEPHRIN 2; NEPHRIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONGENITAL NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; GLOMERULUS; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84857934769     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2012010016     Document Type: Editorial

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