American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 6 , Pages 1047-1051 , June 2008

Two Rare Forms of Renal Allograft Glomerulopathy During Cytomegalovirus Infection and Treatment

  • Xunrong Luo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Xunrong Luo, MD, PhD, 303 E Chicago Ave, Tarry Bldg 11-723, Chicago, IL 60611.
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  • Arthi Rajagopal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Mike Ison, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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  • John Friedewald, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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  • Joseph Leventhal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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  • Yashpal Kanwar, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

Received 13 August 2007 ,Accepted 20 November 2007.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.11.038 on April 18, 2008.

PII: S0272-6386(08)00476-9

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.11.038

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 6 , Pages 1047-1051 , June 2008

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