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. 2018 May 7;13(5):784-786.

doi: 10.2215/CJN.12461117. Epub 2018 Jan 29.

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Management of Membranous Nephropathy in the PLA2R Era

Andrew S Bomback. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018.

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Keywords: Antigen-Antibody Complex; Autoantibodies; Autoantigens; Biopsy; Epitopes; Glomerular Basement Membrane; Glomerulonephritis; Group IV Phospholipases A2; Humans; Membranous; PLA2R1 protein; Phospholipase A2; Phospholipases A2; Podocytes; Receptors; Thrombospondins; human; idiopathic nephrotic syndrome; membranous nephropathy.

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Figure 1.

The use of serum antiphospholipase A2 receptor (anti-PLA2R) antibody testing and biopsy PLA2R antigen staining in the diagnosis and management of patients with membranous nephropathy (MN) is determined by the timing of such tests.

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