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Thin glomerular basement membrane disease: clinical significance of a morphological diagnosis--a collaborative study of the Italian Renal Immunopathology Group.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association - 1 Mar 2005
Frascà Giovanni M, Onetti-Muda Andrea, Mari Francesca, Longo Ilaria, Scala Elisa, Pescucci Chiara, Roccatello Dario, Alpa Mirella, Coppo Rosanna, Li Volti Giovanni, Feriozzi Sandro, Bergesio Franco, Schena Francesco P, Renieri Alessandra
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Thin glomerular basement membrane disease (TBMD) is a nephropathy defined by diffuse thinning of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) at electron microscopy examination, without the alterations of Alport's syndrome (ATS). It is known that many patients with TBMD have a type IV collagen disorder and that the disease occasionally may be progressive. This study investigated 51 patients with the...
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