Prevalence of IgA2 Deposits in IgA Nephropathies: A Clue to Their Pathogenesis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 303, Issue 23, 1980, Pages 1343-1346

  André, Claude ^a,b   Berthoux, François Claude ^a   André, Françoise ^a   Gillon, John ^a   Genin, Christian ^a   Sabatier, Jean Charles ^a  

^a SERVICE DE NEUROLOGIE   (France)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; KIDNEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0019198666     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198012043032306     Document Type: Article

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