Why and how we determine nephron number

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 575-580

  Bertram, John F ^a   Cullen Mcewen, Luise A ^a   Egan, Gary F ^a   Gretz, Norbert ^b   Baldelomar, Edwin ^c   Beeman, Scott C ^d   Bennett, Kevin M ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c University of Hawaii at Manoa ^*  (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glomerular number; Glomerulus; Kidney; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stereology

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EX VIVO STUDY; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS NUMBER; GLOMERULUS SIZE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LABELING INDEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; STEREOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; HUMANS; NEPHRONS;

EID: 84896705955     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: 1432198X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-013-2600-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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