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Mechanisms of disease: focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
Nature clinical practice. Nephrology - 1 Nov 2005
Meyrier Alain
Abstract excerpt
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), a subtype of "idiopathic nephrotic syndrome", is not a single disease, but a lesion that initially affects the glomerulus followed by the tubulointerstitium and renal vessels. The term 'FSGS' does not accurately encompass the various pathologic features of the glomerulus, which are not always focal, segmental or sclerotic. Particular variants of FSGS, such as collapsing...
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