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Juan M Mejia-Vilet1, Laura R Cárdenas-Mastrascusa2, Erick J Palacios-Cebreros3

  • 1Department of Nephrology and Mineral Metabolism, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City.

American Journal of Kidney Diseases : the Official Journal of the National Kidney Foundation
|June 4, 2019
PubMed

Keywords:
LECT2 amyloidosis (ALECT2)Leukocyte chemotactic factor 2 (LECT2)allograft functionamyloid depositamyloidosiscase reportskidney biopsyrenal transplantation

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