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Steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome associated with positive C1q immunofluorescence.
Clinical and experimental nephrology - 1 Sept 2004
Hashimoto Seiji, Ogawa Yayoi, Ishida Takashi, Mochizuki Toshio, Koike Takao, Sato Hidetoshi, Ueda Takahiro
Abstract excerpt
A 21-year-old woman showed heavy proteinuria and edema. A light microscopic study of a renal biopsy specimen showed diffuse mild mesangial expansion, with borderline mesangial hypercellularity. An immunofluorescence study revealed dominant positive staining (3+) of C1q in the glomerular mesangium...
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