The continual presence of C3d but not IgG glomerular capillary deposition in stage I idiopathic membranous nephropathy in patients receiving corticosteroid treatment

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Rui ^a,b   Zheng, Zhi yong ^a   Lin, Jian song ^a   Qu, Li juan ^a   Zheng, Feng ^a  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Second Hospital of Xiamen   (China)

Author keywords

C3d; Immune deposit; Membranous Nephropathy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CAPILLARY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CAPILLARIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPLEMENT C3D; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868253179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-7-109     Document Type: Article

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