Significance of broad distribution of electron-dense deposits in patients with IgA nephropathy

Medical Molecular Morphology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-34

  Kusaba, Gaku ^a   Ohsawa, Isao ^a   Ishii, Masaya ^a   Inoshita, Hiroyuki ^a   Takagi, Miyuki ^a   Tanifuji, Chiaki ^a   Takahashi, Kaori ^a   Nakamoto, Junichi ^a   Yoshida, Mitsutaka ^a   Ohi, Hiroyuki ^a   Horikoshi, Satoshi ^a   Kurihara, Hidetake ^a   Tomino, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Immunoglobulin A nephropathy; Intramembranous deposit; Paramesangial deposit; Subendothelial deposit; Subepithelial deposit

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON DENSE DEPOSIT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESANGIUM CELL; MICROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863386540     PISSN: 18601480     EISSN: 18601499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00795-011-0538-3     Document Type: Article

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