A study of interobserver reproducibility of morphologic lesions of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 462, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 229-237

  Meehan, Shane M ^a   Chang, Anthony ^a   Gibson, Ian W ^d   Kim, Lisa ^a   Kambham, Neeraja ^b   Laszik, Zoltan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Columbia criteria; Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; Interobserver reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GLOMERULUS; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MICROSCOPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877131398     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-012-1355-3     Document Type: Article

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