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. 1963 Oct;43(4):555–578.

The Mesangium of the Renal Glomerulus

Electron Microscopic Studies of Pathologic Alterations

Yasunosuke Suzuki, Jacob Churg, Edith Grishman, Willy Mautner, Samuel Dachs

PMCID: PMC1949743 PMID: 19971026

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