Case Report: Lupus Nephritis or a Mimic?

Prerna Rastogi, MD, PhD,is clinical associate professor of pathology and medical director of electron microscopy and outlying urgent care and hematology/oncology laboratories at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics.

Rebecca Tuetken, MD, PhD, is a clinical professor of internal medicine (immunology), medical director of the Medical Specialty Clinic, and director of the rheumatology fellowship program at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics.

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