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calculated kidney glomerulus measurement +  
kidney glomerular surface area +  
kidney glomerulus basement membrane thickness 
kidney glomerulus count +   
The number of glomeruli in all or part of a kidney. Glomeruli are the tufts of capillaries each situated within a Bowman's capsule at the end of a renal tubule in the vertebrate kidney that filter waste products from the blood and thus initiate urine formation.
kidney glomerulus diameter  
number of nucleated cells per kidney glomerulus 
number of podocytes per kidney glomerulus 
podocyte foot process height 
podocyte slit width 

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: glomeruli count ;   glomeruli number ;   glomerulus number
Definition Sources: American_Heritage:The_American_Heritage_Medical_Dictionary_2007

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