American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 4 , Pages 770-774 , October 2009

Cryoglobulinemic Glomerulopathy Complicating Helicobacter pylori–Associated Gastric Mucosa–Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma

  • Ammar Almehmi, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Ammar Almehmi, MD, MPH, The Kidney Institute, The University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, MS 3002, Kansas City, KS 66160
    • ,
  • Timothy A. Fields, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and The Kidney Institute, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

Received 17 November 2008 ,Accepted 28 April 2009.

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 Originally published online as doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.04.020 on June 18, 2009.

PII: S0272-6386(09)00724-0

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.04.020

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 4 , Pages 770-774 , October 2009

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