T-cells and macrophages in rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis: Clinicopathologic correlations
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Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis
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عنوان ژورنال: Kidney International
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0085-2538
DOI: 10.1038/ki.1987.288