Difference between revisions of "Medical kidney diseases"
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**Another autopsy series suggests the mean diameter is: 225 micrometers.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Nyengaard | first1 = JR. | last2 = Bendtsen | first2 = TF. | title = Glomerular number and size in relation to age, kidney weight, and body surface in normal man. | journal = Anat Rec | volume = 232 | issue = 2 | pages = 194-201 | month = Feb | year = 1992 | doi = 10.1002/ar.1092320205 | PMID = 1546799 }}</ref> | **Another autopsy series suggests the mean diameter is: 225 micrometers.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Nyengaard | first1 = JR. | last2 = Bendtsen | first2 = TF. | title = Glomerular number and size in relation to age, kidney weight, and body surface in normal man. | journal = Anat Rec | volume = 232 | issue = 2 | pages = 194-201 | month = Feb | year = 1992 | doi = 10.1002/ar.1092320205 | PMID = 1546799 }}</ref> | ||
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*If the glomerulus fills half the field at 40x on a microscope with 22 mm diameter eye pieces it is ~ 0.275 mm or 275 micrometers. | |||
====Glomerular basement membrane==== | ====Glomerular basement membrane==== | ||
The glomerular basement membrane (GBM) should be thinner than the tubular basement membrane. | The glomerular basement membrane (GBM) should be thinner than the tubular basement membrane. | ||