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Treatment of fibrillary glomerulonephritis by corticosteroids and tripterygium glycoside tablets: A case report

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  1. Department of Nephropathy, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510120, China

    Zhao-yu Lu  (卢钊宇), Yu Peng  (彭 钰), Yin Li  (李 茵), Fu-hua Lu  (卢富华) & Xu-sheng Liu  (刘旭生)

  2. Department of Pathology, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510120, China

    Hai-feng Yang  (杨海峰)

  3. Kingmed Pathology Center, Guangzhou, 510180, China

    Zi-chang Yin  (尹自长)

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Lu, Zy., Yang, Hf., Peng, Y. et al. Treatment of fibrillary glomerulonephritis by corticosteroids and tripterygium glycoside tablets: A case report. Chin. J. Integr. Med. 22, 390–393 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-016-2098-1

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