Interobserver agreement on histopathological lesions in class III or IV lupus nephritis

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 47-53

  Wilhelmus, Suzanne ^a   Cook, H Terence ^b   Noël, Laure Hélène ^c   Ferrario, Franco ^d   Wolterbeek, Ron ^a   Bruijn, Jan A ^a   Bajema, Ingeborg M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PROLIFERATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; PATHOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BIOPSY; CLASSIFICATION; GLOMERULUS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84923888472     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03580414     Document Type: Article

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