IgA Antigliadin Antibodies as a Possible Marker for IgA Mesangial Glomerulonephritis in Adults with Primary Glomerulonephritis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 320, Issue 19, 1989, Pages 1283-1284

  Rostoker, G ^a   Delprato, S ^a   Petit Phar, M ^a   Maadi, A Ben ^a   Laurent, J ^a   Lang, P ^a   Weil, B ^a   Lagrue, G ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIADIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADULT; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GLIADIN; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0024522799     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198905113201918     Document Type: Letter

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