Book chapter
Lupus nephritis
Clinical pediatric nephrology
CRC Press
11/16/2016
Abstract
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Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Lupus nephritis
- Creators
- Carla M Nester - University of Iowa, Nephrology, Dialysis and TransplantationDavid B ThomasDebbie S Gipson - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Clinical pediatric nephrology
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Number of pages
- 1061
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/16/2016
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation
- Record Identifier
- 9984385650002771
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