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Two patients with lupus proliferative glomerulonephritis who have deposits of viral p30-related antigen in…
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May implicate retroviruses in lupus nephritis pathogenesis; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice.
The study demonstrates the presence of type C RNA virus-specific antibodies in glomerular immune deposits of patients with lupus proliferative glomerulonephritis, supporting a potential viral role in its pathogenesis.
Mellors et al. (1978) studied this question.
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