Renal Biopsy in the Elderly and Very Elderly: Useful or Not?

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 61-67

  Bomback, Andrew S ^a   Herlitz, Leal C ^b   Markowitz, Glen S ^c  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology and Cell Biology ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Renal biopsy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; GERIATRICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY INJURY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES;

EID: 84858759167     PISSN: 15485595     EISSN: 15485609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2011.09.003     Document Type: Review

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