PLA2R autoantibodies and PLA2R glomerular deposits in membranous nephropathy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 689-690

  Debiec, Hanna ^a   Ronco, Pierre ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 RECEPTOR;

GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LETTER; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951819917     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1011678     Document Type: Letter

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