Strongyloides stercoralis and glomerular diseases: A case report

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Gabriel Ledesma*
Begoña Rivas
Cristina Vega
Gilda Carreño
Raquel Díaz
Ángel Gallegos
Verónica Mercado
Silvia Caldés
Yesika Amezquita
Yolanda Hernández
Rocío Echarri
Covadonga Hevia
Antonio Cirugeda

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Ledesma, G., Rivas, B., Vega, C., Carreño, G., Díaz, R., Gallegos, Ángel, … Cirugeda, A. (2022). Strongyloides stercoralis and glomerular diseases: A case report. Journal of Clinical Nephrology, 6(3), 097–098. https://doi.org/10.29328/journal.jcn.1001099
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