IgA nephropathy: Current views of immune complex formation

Contributions to Nephrology

Volumn 157, Issue , 2007, Pages 56-63

  Mestecky, Jiri ^a   Suzuki, Hitoshi ^a,b   Yanagihara, Takeshi ^a,c   Moldoveanu, Zina ^a   Tomana, Milan ^a   Matousovic, Karel ^a,d,e   Julian, Bruce A ^a   Novak, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; KIDNEY;

EID: 34249033052     PISSN: 03025144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/0000102305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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