Rituximab for Treatment of Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis and C3 Glomerulopathies
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Rituximab for Treatment of Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis and C3 Glomerulopathies
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) is a histological pattern of injury resulting from predominantly subendothelial and mesangial deposition of immunoglobulins or complement factors with subsequent inflammation and proliferation particularly of the glomerular basement membrane. Recent classification of MPGN is based on pathogenesis dividing MPGN into immunoglobulin-associated MPGN a...
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عنوان ژورنال: BioMed Research International
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2314-6133,2314-6141
DOI: 10.1155/2017/2180508