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Diagnostic utility of kidney biopsy in patients with sarcoidosis and acute kidney injury

BACKGROUND: Sarcoidosis is an idiopathic multisystem disease characterized by noncaseating granulomatous inflammation. Renal biopsy is often performed to evaluate the patient with sarcoidosis and acute kidney injury (AKI). Diagnosis rests on the demonstration of noncaseating granulomas and exclusion...

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Autores principales: Shah, Ravish, Shidham, Ganesh, Agarwal, Anil, Albawardi, Alia, Nadasdy, Tibor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3215339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22114514
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJNRD.S22549