Membranous nephropathy in Japan: Analysis of the Japan Renal Biopsy Registry (J-RBR)

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 557-563

  Yokoyama, Hitoshi ^a   Taguchi, Takashi ^b   Sugiyama, Hitoshi ^c   Sato, Hiroshi ^d  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Membranous nephropathy; Nephrotic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLLAGEN DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFECTION; JAPAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEOPLASM; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEINURIA; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; REGISTRIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865145493     PISSN: 13421751     EISSN: 14377799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10157-012-0593-7     Document Type: Article

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