American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 6 , Pages 893-903 , June 2008

Urinary Protein Excretion Pattern and Renal Expression of Megalin and Cubilin in Nephropathic Cystinosis

  • Martijn J. Wilmer

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Pediatrics and Neurology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Martijn J. Wilmer, Laboratory of Pediatrics and Neurology (656), Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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  • Erik I. Christensen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Anatomy, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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  • Lambertus P. van den Heuvel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Pediatrics and Neurology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Leo A. Monnens, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Elena N. Levtchenko, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Pediatrics and Neurology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Received 30 August 2007 ,Accepted 3 March 2008.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.03.010 on May 2, 2008.

PII: S0272-6386(08)00586-6

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.03.010

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 6 , Pages 893-903 , June 2008

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