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Volume 34, Issue 4, December 2023



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Mediterr J Rheumatol 2022;33(2):176-84
TGF-β1/Smad Signalling in Proliferative Glomerulonephritis Associated with Autoimmune Diseases
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1Nephrology Department, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece

21st Department of Pathology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

32nd Department of Pathology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece

42nd Department of Medicine and Laboratory, Clinical Immunology - Rheumatology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

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