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Lessons for the clinical nephrologist: a rare pediatric case of interstitial nephritis with karyomegaly

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Acknowledgements

We thank Dr. Sushil Gupta (Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology) for his significant contribution to this report and mentorship. We acknowledge Drs. Tarek Ashkar and Kaice LaFavers (Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy, Indiana University School of Medicine) for their work, quantifying renal tubule nuclear size and completing image analysis.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA

    Carlos C. Becerril Romero & Sasha Kapil

  2. Division of Pediatric Cancer and Blood Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA

    April Rahrig & Jodi L. Skiles

  3. Department of Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA

    Carrie L. Phillips

  4. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

    Sushil Gupta

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Romero, C.C.B., Kapil, S., Phillips, C.L. et al. Lessons for the clinical nephrologist: a rare pediatric case of interstitial nephritis with karyomegaly. J Nephrol 35, 1721–1724 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-021-01164-1

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