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Figure 1

Overview of the complement cascade
Figure 2

Immunofluorescence studies in kidney biopsies of (a) lupus nephritis and (b) C3GN
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Complement-Mediated Glomerular Diseases

Andrew Bomback Andrew Bomback, MD, MPH, is assistant professor of medicine in the division of nephrology at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, NY

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