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Genetic Disorders of the Glomerular Basement Membrane

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Basement membranes are specialised noncellular matrices, found beneath epithelial and endothelial cell layers in all organs of the body. In the kidney, the glomerular basement membrane forms part of the barrier between blood and filtrate.

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Turner, A.N., Williams, E. (2014). Genetic Disorders of the Glomerular Basement Membrane. In: Harber, M. (eds) Practical Nephrology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5547-8_43

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