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METHODS: The distribution of the alpha(IV) chain was studied in renal specimens obtained from three patients with Epstein's syndrome using chain specific monoclonal antibodies and an antigen retrieval procedure. RESULTS: The patients showed a normal distribution of alpha(IV) chains: alpha 1(IV) and alpha 2(IV) were expressed ubiquitously, whereas expression of alpha 3(IV) through to alpha 6(IV) chains was limited to the glomerular basement membrane, Bowman's capsular basement membrane, and\/or a portion of the tubular basement membrane. 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