Nephritis-Associated Streptococcal Antigens: Where Are We Now?
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Nephritis-associated streptococcal antigens: where are we now?
The systematic search for the nephritogenic antigen in Group A streptococcus started more than 40 years ago with the evaluation of the M protein (1–4). The spotlight moved slowly away from M protein because the increasing number of nephritogenic M types (streptococci isolated from patients with nephritis) contrasted with the notion of a single nephritogen that would confer long-lasting immunity...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1046-6673,1533-3450
DOI: 10.1097/01.asn.0000133012.53669.1c