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Two cases of IgA nephropathy after splenectomy: spleen as a silent culprit in the pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy

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  1. Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ahmet Burak Dirim, Besim Fazil Agargun, Seda Safak, Nurane Garayeva & Halil Yazici

  2. Department of Pathology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ozge Hurdogan & Yasemin Ozluk

  3. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Bahar Artim Esen

  4. Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Sevgi Kalayoglu Besisik

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Dirim, A.B., Agargun, B.F., Hurdogan, O. et al. Two cases of IgA nephropathy after splenectomy: spleen as a silent culprit in the pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy. J Nephrol 36, 2381–2385 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-023-01764-z

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