A Rare and Atypical Case of Essential Cryoglobulinemic Glomerulonephritis with Crescents
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Volume 5 • Issue 6 • 1000220 J Nephrol Ther ISSN: 2201-0959 JNT, an open access journal A Rare and Atypical Case of Essential Cryoglobulinemic Glomerulonephritis with Crescents Christopher Haas1*, Devinder Singh2, Pedram Kohan2, Suganthi Soundararajan3, and Sandeep Aggarwal4 1Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia PA, USA 2Department of Medicine, Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia PA, USA 3Department of Pathology, Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA 4Department of Nephrology, Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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تاریخ انتشار 2015