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Assessment of the etiologies and renal outcomes of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in pediatric patients at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Faisal G. Mosaad, Omar M. Saggaf, Khaled T. Aletwady, Khaled Y. Mohammed Jan, Khalid A. Al-Qarni, Rakan S. Al-Harbi and Osama Y. Safdar
Saudi Medical Journal April 2018, 39 (4) 354-360; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.4.21366
Faisal G. Mosaad
From the Faculty of Medicine (Mosaad, Al-Qarni, Aletwady, Jan, Saggaf, Al-Harbi), and Pediatric Nephrology Center of Excellence (Safdar), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Omar M. Saggaf
From the Faculty of Medicine (Mosaad, Al-Qarni, Aletwady, Jan, Saggaf, Al-Harbi), and Pediatric Nephrology Center of Excellence (Safdar), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Khaled T. Aletwady
From the Faculty of Medicine (Mosaad, Al-Qarni, Aletwady, Jan, Saggaf, Al-Harbi), and Pediatric Nephrology Center of Excellence (Safdar), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Khaled Y. Mohammed Jan
From the Faculty of Medicine (Mosaad, Al-Qarni, Aletwady, Jan, Saggaf, Al-Harbi), and Pediatric Nephrology Center of Excellence (Safdar), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Khalid A. Al-Qarni
From the Faculty of Medicine (Mosaad, Al-Qarni, Aletwady, Jan, Saggaf, Al-Harbi), and Pediatric Nephrology Center of Excellence (Safdar), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Rakan S. Al-Harbi
From the Faculty of Medicine (Mosaad, Al-Qarni, Aletwady, Jan, Saggaf, Al-Harbi), and Pediatric Nephrology Center of Excellence (Safdar), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Osama Y. Safdar
From the Faculty of Medicine (Mosaad, Al-Qarni, Aletwady, Jan, Saggaf, Al-Harbi), and Pediatric Nephrology Center of Excellence (Safdar), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Faisal G. Mosaad, Omar M. Saggaf, Khaled T. Aletwady, Khaled Y. Mohammed Jan, Khalid A. Al-Qarni, Rakan S. Al-Harbi, Osama Y. Safdar
Saudi Medical Journal Apr 2018, 39 (4) 354-360; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2018.4.21366

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Faisal G. Mosaad, Omar M. Saggaf, Khaled T. Aletwady, Khaled Y. Mohammed Jan, Khalid A. Al-Qarni, Rakan S. Al-Harbi, Osama Y. Safdar
Saudi Medical Journal Apr 2018, 39 (4) 354-360; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2018.4.21366
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