American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 1 , Pages 18-28 , July 2008

Associations of Glomerular Number and Birth Weight With Clinicopathological Features of African Americans and Whites

  • Michael D. Hughson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Michael D. Hughson, MD, Department of Pathology, 2500 North State St, Jackson, MS 39216-4505.
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  • Glenda C. Gobe, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Molecular and Cellular Pathology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    • ,
  • Wendy E. Hoy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Chronic Disease, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    • ,
  • R. Davis Manning Jr, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
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  • Rebecca Douglas-Denton, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
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  • John F. Bertram, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

Received 23 July 2007 ,Accepted 31 March 2008.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.03.023 on June 4, 2008.

PII: S0272-6386(08)00700-2

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.03.023

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 1 , Pages 18-28 , July 2008

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