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Chronic kidney disease
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Nephrology
When would you pursue a kidney biopsy for patients with inflammatory bowel disease who have non-proteinuric progressive CKD of unknown etiology?
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I have done kidney biopsies in patients in this setting. Helpful to know what is going on in the kidneys.
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