American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 6 , Pages 1162-1166 , December 2009

Young Man With Kidney Failure and Hemorrhagic Interstitial Nephritis

  • Anja Große Lordemann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Anja Große Lordemann, MD, Clinic of Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstr 55, 45147 Essen, Germany
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  • Brian Hjelle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Departments of Pathology, Biology, and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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  • Dirk Theegarten, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology and Neuropathology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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  • Florian Grabellus, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology and Neuropathology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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  • Kurt Werner Schmid, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology and Neuropathology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
    • ,
  • Peter F. Hoyer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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  • Udo Vester, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
    • ,
  • Jan U. Becker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology and Neuropathology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
    • Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Received 3 December 2008 ,Accepted 17 April 2009.

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 Originally published online as doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.04.025 on June 26, 2009.

PII: S0272-6386(09)00756-2

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.04.025

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 6 , Pages 1162-1166 , December 2009

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