Associations of glomerular number and birth weight with clinicopathological features of African Americans and whites.

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Published in Am J Kidney Dis on June 02, 2008

Authors

Michael D Hughson1, Glenda C Gobe, Wendy E Hoy, R Davis Manning, Rebecca Douglas-Denton, John F Bertram

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216-4505, USA. mhughson@bellsouth.net

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