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What area of the body is affected other than the kidneys? Explain why.
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The area of the body that is affected other than the kidneys by the antiglomerular basement membrane is lungs. The reason why it may be effected in rare cases is that the basement membrane that is targeted or attacked in this disease is accessible to not in other organs but the antibodies in the kidneys and lungs.
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