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We measured the thickness of glomerular basement membrane in 7 patients in familial hematuria and compared with that in control group, 2 cases of orthostatic albuminuria, 1 case of urolithiasis and 1 case of hematuria with stomatitis. Needle biopsies were performed on the 7 patients with familial hematuria. 2 patients had a third renal biopsy. The measurements of glomerular basement membrane were taken from photographs and at intervals of 1 from cytoplasmic membrane of the endothelial cells to that of epithelial foot process. Comparing with control group, the thickness of glomerular basement membrane in familial hematuria is remarkable thin. (Table 1 and Table 2)
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Maeda, H., Wada, H. & Okawa, K. THE THICKNESS OF GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE IN FAMILIAL HEMATURIA. Pediatr Res 14, 1002 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198008000-00175
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198008000-00175