Glomerulopathy Associated with Parasitic Infections
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Glomerulopathy associated with parasitic infections.
Although parasitic infections do not usually present with disturbance in renal function, glomerular lesions can be seen in most of these infections. The glomerular lesions observed in parasitic infections cover the whole range of glomerular lesions known, but most of them are proliferative. Little is known of the exact pathogenic mechanisms. In this review, we try to explain the glomerular lesi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology Reviews
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0893-8512
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.13.1.55-66.2000