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Renal fibrosis and the origin of the renal fibroblast
4 Aug 2006
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Many studies have determined that the extent of tubulointerstitial involvement, particularly fibrosis, correlates better with renal function than glomerular changes do, thus, the extent of tubulointerstitial damage in any given renal biopsy has important implications for the renal prognosis of the patient (summarized in [ 1 ]). Tubulointerstitial fibrosis is characterized by the accumulation of extracellular...
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