Kidney Biopsy Findings in a Critically Ill COVID-19 Patient With Dialysis-Dependent Acute Kidney Injury: A Case Against "SARS-CoV-2 Nephropathy".
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SUBMITTER: Rossi GM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7230145 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
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Kidney Biopsy Findings in a Critically Ill COVID-19 Patient With Dialysis-Dependent Acute Kidney Injury: A Case Against "SARS-CoV-2 Nephropathy".
Rossi Giovanni Maria GM Delsante Marco M Pilato Francesco Paolo FP Gnetti Letizia L Gabrielli Liliana L Rossini Giada G Re Maria Carla MC Cenacchi Giovanna G Affanni Paola P Colucci Maria Eugenia ME Picetti Edoardo E Rossi Sandra S Parenti Elisabetta E Maccari Caterina C Greco Paolo P Di Mario Francesca F Maggiore Umberto U Regolisti Giuseppe G Fiaccadori Enrico E
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