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Scoring arteriolar hyalinosis in renal allograft biopsies: so important and yet so tricky

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Chapman, J. Scoring arteriolar hyalinosis in renal allograft biopsies: so important and yet so tricky. Nat Rev Nephrol 2, 622–623 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0322

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