A potential pathogenic role of interleukin-6 in a child with ANCA-negative pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis: case report and literature review
Abstract Background Crescentic glomerulonephritis is a disease characterized by severe glomerular injuries that is classified into five different pathological types. Patients with type V disease have pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis (PICGN) that is negative for anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-08-01
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Series: | BMC Nephrology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-021-02504-w |