Changes in Nephritogenic Serum Galactose-Deficient IgA1 in IgA Nephropathy following Tonsillectomy and Steroid Therapy

Junichiro Nakata; Yusuke Suzuki; Hitoshi Suzuki; Daisuke Sato; Tatsuya Kano; Hiroyuki Yanagawa; Keiichi Matsuzaki; Satoshi Horikoshi; Jan Novak; Yasuhiko Tomino

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089707

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Changes in Nephritogenic Serum Galactose-Deficient IgA1 in IgA Nephropathy following Tonsillectomy and Steroid Therapy

Junichiro Nakata ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Junichiro Nakata, Yusuke Suzuki

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Yusuke Suzuki ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Junichiro Nakata, Yusuke Suzuki

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Hitoshi Suzuki,

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Daisuke Sato,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Tatsuya Kano,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Hiroyuki Yanagawa,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Keiichi Matsuzaki,

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Kyoto University Health Service, Kyoto, Japan
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Satoshi Horikoshi,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Jan Novak,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Yasuhiko Tomino

* E-mail: yasu@juntendo.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Changes in Nephritogenic Serum Galactose-Deficient IgA1 in IgA Nephropathy following Tonsillectomy and Steroid Therapy

Junichiro Nakata,
Yusuke Suzuki,
Hitoshi Suzuki,
Daisuke Sato,
Tatsuya Kano,
Hiroyuki Yanagawa,
Keiichi Matsuzaki,
Satoshi Horikoshi,
Jan Novak,
Yasuhiko Tomino

Published: February 21, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089707

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