Renal histopathological analysis of 26 postmortem findings of patients with COVID-19 in China

Kidney International

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 219-227

  Su, Hua ^a   Yang, Ming ^a   Wan, Cheng ^a   Yi, Li Xia ^a   Tang, Fang ^a   Zhu, Hong Yan ^a   Yi, Fan ^b   Yang, Hai Chun ^c   Fogo, Agnes B ^c   Nie, Xiu ^a   Zhang, Chun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute kidney injury; COVID 19; proteinuria; renal pathology; SARS CoV 2

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME 2; CREATININE; HEMOSIDERIN; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UPREGULATION; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS VIRULENCE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; KIDNEY; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 85083437837     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.04.003     Document Type: Article

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