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A 16-year-old girl with sudden heart failure and nephrotic syndrome associated with Takayasu’s arteritis

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  1. Shu Fang, Xu-jie Zhou have contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, No.8 Xi Shi Ku Street, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100034, People’s Republic of China

    Shu Fang, Xu-jie Zhou, Zhao Cui, Xiao-juan Yu, Su-xia Wang & Fu-de Zhou

  2. Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, Beijing, 100034, People’s Republic of China

    Shu Fang, Xu-jie Zhou, Zhao Cui, Xiao-juan Yu, Su-xia Wang & Fu-de Zhou

  3. Key Laboratory of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100034, People’s Republic of China

    Shu Fang, Xu-jie Zhou, Zhao Cui, Xiao-juan Yu, Su-xia Wang & Fu-de Zhou

  4. Department of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, No.8 Xi Shi Ku Street, Xi Cheng District, Beijing, 100034, People’s Republic of China

    Shu Fang

  5. Renal Pathology Center, Peking University Institute of Nephrology, Beijing, 100034, People’s Republic of China

    Xu-jie Zhou, Xiao-juan Yu & Su-xia Wang

  6. Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Pathological Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, People’s Republic of China

    Xiao-juan Yu & Su-xia Wang

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Fang, S., Zhou, Xj., Cui, Z. et al. A 16-year-old girl with sudden heart failure and nephrotic syndrome associated with Takayasu’s arteritis. Clin Res Cardiol 111, 221–226 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-021-01893-0

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