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Morphometric Analysis of Podocyte Foot Process Effacement in IgA Nephropathy and Its Association with Proteinuria

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Pages 195-198 | Received 18 Feb 2009, Accepted 13 Oct 2009, Published online: 01 Jul 2010

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