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[Idiopathic and secondary membranous nephropathies].
Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) - 1 Mar 2012
Ronco Pierre, Debiec Hanna
Abstract excerpt
Antibodies to neutral endopeptidase, a podocyte protein, are responsible for rare alloimmune neonatal membranous nephropathy that develops in children from neutral endopeptidase-deficient mothers. Neutral endopeptidase was the first podocyte antigen described in human membranous nephropathy. PLA2R1, the type-M receptor of soluble phospholipase A2, is a major target antigen in so-called idiopathic membranous...
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