Use of C4d as a diagnostic tool to classify membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

Background: Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN type I, II and III) was reclassified in 2013 as MPGN and C3 glomerulopathy (C3G) based on the complement system activation mechanism. Objectives: To evaluate whether C4d, a component of the classical pathway, could be a diagnostic tool in di...

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Main Authors: Nirupama Gupta, Dara N. Wakefield, William L. Clapp, Eduardo H. Garin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Nefrología (English Edition)
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S201325141630150X