Ultrastructural study of human glomerular capillary loops with igA nephropathy using quick-freezing and deep-etching method

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-307

  Sawanobori, E ^a   Terada, N ^a   Fujii, Y ^a   Higashida, K ^a   Nakazawa, S ^a   Ohno, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; IgA nephropathy; Quick freezing; Replica electron micrograph; Slit diaphragm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOPSY; CAPILLARY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHILD; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FREEZE ETCHING; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; MALE; MESANGIUM CELL; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PODOCYTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOPSY; CAPILLARIES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHILD; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FREEZE ETCHING; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MESANGIAL CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PODOCYTES;

EID: 84864325319     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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