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We report a 58-year-old woman with classical rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who developed a membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN). She had never been treated with gold or D-penicillamine; other connective tissue diseases as well as hepatitis B were excluded. We suggest that the responsible cause of MGN is RA.
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Zarza, L.P., Sanchez, E.N., Acin, P.A. et al. Membranous glomerulonephritis in rheumatoid arthritis unrelated to gold, D-penicillamine or other connective tissue disease. Clin Rheumatol 15, 385–388 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02230363
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