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Editorial
. 2016 Aug 8;11(8):1324-1326.
doi: 10.2215/CJN.05580516. Epub 2016 Jul 11.

Clustering of Anti-GBM Disease: Clues to an Environmental Trigger?

Stephen P McAdoo  1   2 , Charles D Pusey  1   2
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Editorial

Clustering of Anti-GBM Disease: Clues to an Environmental Trigger?

Stephen P McAdoo et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: ANCA; Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease; Cluster Analysis; Environment; Epidemiology and outcomes; Glomerular Basement Membrane; Goodpasture-s syndrome; anti-GBM disease.

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  • Spatial and Temporal Clustering of Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease.
    Canney M, O'Hara PV, McEvoy CM, Medani S, Connaughton DM, Abdalla AA, Doyle R, Stack AG, O'Seaghdha CM, Clarkson MR, Griffin MD, Holian J, Dorman AM, Niland A, Keogan M, Wallace EM, Conlon NP, Walsh C, Kelly A, Little MA. Canney M, et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 Aug 8;11(8):1392-1399. doi: 10.2215/CJN.13591215. Epub 2016 Jul 11. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016. PMID: 27401523 Free PMC article.

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