Progress and controversies in unraveling the glomerular filtration mechanism

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 208-216

  Saritas, Turgay ^a   Kuppe, Christoph ^a   Moeller, Marcus J ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

albumin filtration; glomerular basement membrane; glomerular disease; permeability; permselectivity; podocyte; proteinuria; slit diaphragm

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; ANIMAL; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION BARRIER; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY DISEASE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIUM; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION BARRIER; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 84928468258     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: 14736543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNH.0000000000000116     Document Type: Review

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