American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 524-529 , March 2008

Kidney Biopsy Findings in a Patient With Fever, Bilateral Pulmonary Infiltrates, and Acute Renal Failure

Received 22 June 2007 ,Accepted 16 November 2007.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.11.014 on January 31, 2008.

PII: S0272-6386(07)01589-2

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.11.014

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 524-529 , March 2008

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