American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 3 , Pages 513-517 , March 2009

Giant Cell Tubulitis With Immune Complex Deposits in a Patient With Lupus Nephritis

  • Jeffrey B. Hodgin, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Joseph Whelan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Indiana Nephrology and Internal Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
    • ,
  • Glen S. Markowitz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
    • ,
  • M. Barry Stokes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to M. Barry Stokes, MD, Department of Pathology, Renal Pathology Laboratory, VC14-224, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032

Received 24 April 2008 ,Accepted 16 September 2008.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.09.015 on November 7, 2008.

PII: S0272-6386(08)01363-2

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.09.015

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 3 , Pages 513-517 , March 2009

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