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Diagnostic tests and treatment options in glomerular disease: 2014 update

Jonathan Hogan1, Prince Mohan1, Gerald B Appel1

  • 1Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.

American Journal of Kidney Diseases : the Official Journal of the National Kidney Foundation
|November 19, 2013
PubMed

Keywords:
C3 glomerulopathiesImmunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathyfocal segmental glomerulosclerosisglomerular diseasemembranous nephropathy

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