Idiopathic membranous nephropathy: The natural history of untreated patients
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The natural history of the non-nephrotic membranous nephropathy patient.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Although early studies suggest that patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy (MGN) and subnephrotic range proteinuria overall do well, these studies were small and follow-up was short or difficult to discern. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS Three hundred ninety-five cases of idiopathic MGN with at least 12 mo of follow-up from the Toronto Glomeru...
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عنوان ژورنال: Kidney International
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0085-2538
DOI: 10.1038/ki.1988.56