The immunopathogenesis of membranous nephropathy

Minerva Medica

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 323-328

  Oliveira, D B G ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glomerulonephritis, membranous, diagnosis; Glomerulonephritis, membranous, immunology; Glomerulonephritis, membranous, physiopathology

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; CYTOKINE; GOLD SALT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INTERLEUKIN 4; MEGALIN; MERCURY; PENICILLAMINE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; COMPLEMENT C3; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; HEYMANN NEPHRITIS ANTIGENIC COMPLEX; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEPHRITIS; RATS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036818444     PISSN: 00264806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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