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Autoantibodies vex the vasculature

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Infections with fimbriated bacteria may trigger autoimmunity and cause a form of severe vasculitis that affects capillaries in the kidney and that can destroy the organ (pages 1088–1096).

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  1. Cees G.M. Kallenberg is in the Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein, P.O. Box 30.001, Groningen 9700RB, The Netherlands. c.g.m.kallenberg@int.umcg.nl,

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  2. Coen A. Stegeman is in the Department of Nephrology, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein, P.O. Box 30.001, Groningen 9700RB, The Netherlands.,

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  3. Peter Heeringa is in the Department of Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein, P.O. Box 30.001, Groningen 9700RB, The Netherlands.,

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