Unusual IGM fibrillar deposits in glomerulonephritis: Ultrastructural and diffraction studies in a case report

Human Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1350-1354

  Nabarra, Bernadette ^b   Larquet, Eric ^a   Diemert, Marie Claude ^c   Leblond, Veronique ^c   Baumelou, Alain ^c   Beaufils, Helene ^c  

^a LMCP   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Fibrillar glomerulonephritis; Fibrils and or microtubules; IgM molecules; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DIFFRACTION; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MORPHOLOGY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0347623316     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2003.07.007     Document Type: Article

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