American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 381-384 , August 2009

Crescentic Glomerulonephritis With Ribbon-like Immunofluorescence Pattern

  • Venumadhav Chirunomula, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
    • ,
  • Venu Kondle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Nephrology Division, Sutter North Medical Group, Yuba City, CA
    • ,
  • Bhavani Vaddey, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
    • ,
  • Robert B. Colvin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Neeraja Kambham, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Neeraja Kambham, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Rm H2110, 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA 94305-5324

Received 1 September 2008 ,Accepted 29 October 2008.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.11.011 on January 5, 2009.

PII: S0272-6386(08)01688-0

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.11.011

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 381-384 , August 2009

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