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Table 2 Renal morphology of biopsies from patients with Cortinarius poisoning

From: Long-term clinical outcome for patients poisoned by the fungal nephrotoxin orellanine

Patient No.

Time after ingestion

Tubular damage: Necrosis, apoptosis, degeneration, dilatation, involvement

Edema

Inflammation

Fibrosis

5

2v

0 + 0 0

focal

minimal

minimal

minimal

7

--

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-

-

-

20

3v

+ + + +

diffuse

severe

prominent

minimal

24

>10d

0 + + +

diffuse

prominent

slight

slight

28

10d

0 + 0 0

focal

focal

minimal

minimal