Glomerular endothelial cell injury and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis lesion in idiopathic membranous nephropathy.

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) lesions have often been discussed as a negative predictor in idopathic membranous nephropathy (MN). The mechanism of the development of FSGS lesion in MN is still uncertain.From 250 cases of MN, 26 cases contained FSGS lesion. We compared the clinicopatholog...

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Main Authors: Megumi Morita, Akiko Mii, Akira Shimizu, Fumihiko Yasuda, Jun Shoji, Yukinari Masuda, Ryuji Ohashi, Kiyotaka Nagahama, Tomohiro Kaneko, Shuichi Tsuruoka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4398543?pdf=render