Renal histology in the elderly: Indications and outcomes

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 240-244

  Brown, Catherine M ^a   Scheven, Lieneke ^a   O'Kelly, Patrick ^a   Dorman, Anthony M ^a   Walshe, John J ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Histology; Renal elderly; Renal outcomes

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY MYELOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MYELOMA; PAUCI IMMUNE CRESCENTIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84863316227     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/JN.2011.8447     Document Type: Review

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