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01-11-2003 | Letter to the Editors

Early treatment with oral immunosuppressants in severe proteinuric purpura nephritis

Authors: Salvatore Li Volti, Giovanni Li Volti

Published in: Pediatric Nephrology | Issue 11/2003

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Title: Early treatment with oral immunosuppressants in severe proteinuric purpura nephritis
Authors: Salvatore Li Volti
Giovanni Li Volti
Publication date: 01-11-2003
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Nephrology / Issue 11/2003
Print ISSN: 0931-041X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-198X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-003-1272-4

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