Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 89-94 , March 2006

Focal and Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: Varying Biologic Mechanisms Underlie a Final Histopathologic End Point

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doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2005.09.001

Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 89-94 , March 2006

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