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A 17-year-old male with nephrotic syndrome and diffuse adenopathy: Answers

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, 75235-9063, USA

    Lisa M. Scheid, Catherine Joseph & Michel Baum

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, 75235-9063, USA

    Lisa Sutton

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, 75235-9063, USA

    Michel Baum

  4. Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX, 75390-9063, USA

    Michel Baum

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Scheid, L.M., Joseph, C., Sutton, L. et al. A 17-year-old male with nephrotic syndrome and diffuse adenopathy: Answers. Pediatr Nephrol 27, 1891–1893 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-011-2065-9

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