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The IgA nephropathy Biobank. An important starting point for the genetic dissection of a complex trait

Francesco P Schena1*, Giuseppina Cerullo1, Diletta D Torres1, Francesco Scolari2, Marina Foramitti2, Antonio Amoroso3, Doroti Pirulli4, Jürgen Floege5, Peter R Mertens5, Klaus Zerres6, Efstathios Alexopoulos7, Dimitrios Kirmizis7, Leopoldo Zelante8, Luigi Bisceglia8, Gian M Ghiggeri9, Giovanni M Frascà10 and the European IgA nephropathy Consortium

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1 Renal Unit, University of Bari, Italy

2 Renal Unit, University of Brescia, Italy

3 Dipartimento di Genetica, Biologia e Biochimica, University of Torino, Italy

4 Dipartimento di Biochimica, Biofisica e Chimica delle Macromolecole, University of Trieste, Italy

5 Division of Nephrology and Immunology, University of Aachen, Germany

6 Institute of Human Genetics, University of Aachen, Germany

7 Renal Unit, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece

8 Genetic Unit, IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy

9 Renal Unit, Ospedale Gaslini, Genova, Italy

10 Renal Unit, University of Bologna, Italy

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BMC Nephrology 2005, 6:14 doi:10.1186/1471-2369-6-14

Published: 5 December 2005

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Appendix 1: The scientific committee represented by the principal investigators of the IgAN Consortium research units

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