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. 2020 Sep;31(9):2224-2225.
doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020050630. Epub 2020 Jul 9.

Kidney Involvement in COVID-19: Need for Better Definitions

Marco Delsante  1   2 , Giovanni M Rossi  3   2 , Ilaria Gandolfini  3   2 , Serena M Bagnasco  4 , Avi Z Rosenberg  4
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Kidney Involvement in COVID-19: Need for Better Definitions

Marco Delsante et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Sep.
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Keywords: COVID-19; electron microscopy; histopathology; kidney biopsy.

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    Farkash EA, Wilson AM, Jentzen JM. Farkash EA, et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Sep;31(9):2225-2226. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020060847. Epub 2020 Aug 12. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020. PMID: 32792369 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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