focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

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Segmental collapse of glomerular capillaries with thickened basement membranes and increased mesangial matrix, seen sometimes in nephrotic syndrome or mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis.

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For us it was clear that China should be the focal point for a documentary on the subject of Internet addiction.
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Perry does the opposite, creating worlds in which white people are disposable, interchangeable, and not the assumed focal point.
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A moral focal point was Glen Echo Park, a wonderful art-deco playland in Maryland along the Potomac.
Conservatives and the March|Michael Tomasky|August 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST

From Sally Draper to Arya Stark, teenage girls provide a focal point within the prestige television narrative.
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My two eyes haven't quite the same focal length and this often puts me out of the straight with a column of figures.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The observed effect is probably due to the fact that the focal surface is not flat, but curved.
Photographs of Nebul and Clusters|James Edward Keeler
It contains a telescope made by Fitz, whose focal length is seventeen feet, and its object-glass is twelve and a half inches.
The College, the Market, and the Court|Caroline H. Dall
Then the helmet fits on that with segmental neck rings and screws hard down with a quarter turn to a catch.
Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell
That of M. de Vilette was three feet eleven inches in diameter, and its focal distance was three feet two inches.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts

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