Factors related to the glomerular size in renal biopsies of chronic kidney disease patients

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 277-284

  Tsuboi, Nobuo ^a   Utsunomiya, Yasunori ^a   Koike, Kentaro ^a   Kanzaki, Go ^a   Hirano, Keita ^a   Okonogi, Hideo ^a   Miyazaki, Yoich ^a   Ogura, Makoto ^a   Joh, Kensuke ^b   Kawamura, Tetsuya ^a   Hosoya, Tatsuo ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sendai Shakaihoken Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glomerular density; Glomerular hypertrophy; Nephron number; Obesity; Renal biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR DYSFUNCTION; GLOMERULAR STRUCTURE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BODY MASS INDEX; CAPILLARIES; CHILD; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877344035     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CN107817     Document Type: Article

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