Crystals in podocytes: An unusual manifestation of systemic disease

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 605-611

  Kowalewska, Jolanta ^a   Tomford, Robert C ^b   Alpers, Charles E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Crystals; Light chains; Multiple myeloma; Podocytes

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYSTAL; CYSTINOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OXALOSIS; PLASMACYTOMA; PODOCYTE;

EID: 0041859257     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6386(03)00794-7     Document Type: Article

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