An isolated case with predominant glomerular fibronectin deposition associated with fibril formation

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2717-2722

  Fujigaki, Y ^a   Kimura, M ^b   Yamashita, F ^a   Yonemura, K ^a   Ikegaya, N ^a   Taniguchi, Y ^a   Hishida, A ^a   Kaneko, E ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron dense deposit; Fibril formation; Fibronectin; Glomerulopathy

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FIBER; GLOMERULOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030695236     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/12.12.2717     Document Type: Article

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