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Pathological similarities between low birth weight-related nephropathy and nephropathy associated with mitochondrial cytopathy.
Diagnostic pathology - 30 Sept 2014
Imasawa Toshiyuki, Tanaka Masashi, Maruyama Naoki, Kawaguchi Takehiko, Yamaguchi Yutaka, Rossignol Rodrigue, Kitamura Hiroshi, Nishimura Motonobu
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BACKGROUND: Individuals born with a low birth weight (LBW) have a higher risk of developing kidney dysfunction during their lifetime and sometimes exhibit focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) lesions in their glomeruli. We herein try to obtain other pathological characteristics of LBW-related nephropathy. METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated the renal pathology of four patients demonstrating FSGS with a...
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