Overview
Glomerulonephritis (GN) encompasses a spectrum of kidney disorders characterized by glomerular inflammation and damage, leading to symptoms such as proteinuria, hematuria, and renal dysfunction. 420Diagnosis
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Executive summary of the KDIGO 2021 Guideline for the Management of Glomerular Diseases. Kidney international 2021. link 21 You X, Zhang J, Ding X, Zhang J, Zhou Q, Lu G. Predictors of renal outcomes in crescentic and mixed class of ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis. Clinical nephrology 2021. link 22 Zimmermann M, Klaus M, Wong MN, Thebille AK, Gernhold L, Kuppe C et al.. Deep learning-based molecular morphometrics for kidney biopsies. JCI insight 2021. link 23 Ge Y, Yang G, Yu X, Sun B, Zhang B, Yuan Y et al.. Outcome Predictors of Biopsy-Proven Myeloperoxidase-Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Glomerulonephritis. Frontiers in immunology 2020. link 24 Santos JE, Fiel D, Santos R, Vicente R, Aguiar R, Santos I et al.. Rituximab use in adult glomerulopathies and its rationale. Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia 2020. link 25 Andeen NK. Elevated serum concentrations of DNAJB9 in fibrillary glomerulonephritis: another step toward understanding a progressive disease. 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Bartonella endocarditis-associated glomerulonephritis: a case report and review of the literature. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2014. link 43 Geetha D, Poulton CJ, Hu Y, Seo P, McGregor JA, Falk RJ et al.. Clinical characteristics and outcome of pauci-immune glomerulonephritis in African Americans. Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism 2014. link 44 Fervenza FC, Glassock RJ, Bleyer AJ. American Society of Nephrology Quiz and Questionnaire 2012: glomerulonephritis. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2013. link 45 Sinha A, Puri K, Hari P, Dinda AK, Bagga A. Etiology and outcome of crescentic glomerulonephritis. Indian pediatrics 2013. link 46 Unlu M, Kiremitci S, Ensari A, Ozluk Y, Kilicaslan I, Ozdemir BH et al.. Pauci-immune necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis with crescentic and full moon extracapillary proliferation: clinico-pathologic correlation and follow-up study. 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Increased chymase-positive mast cells in children with crescentic glomerulonephritis. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 2009. link 65 Mălăescu DG, Motocu M, Streba LA, Bold A, Vere CC. Glomerulopathies in locked-up persons. Histopathologic and clinic study. Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie 2008. link 66 Mălăescu DG, Motocu M, Streba LA, Bold A. Histopathologic and immunohistochemical aspects of the renal parenchyma in patients with glomerulonephritis developed in locked-up spaces. Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie 2008. link 67 Westerweel PE, den Ouden K, Nguyen TQ, Goldschmeding R, Joles JA, Verhaar MC. Amelioration of anti-Thy1-glomerulonephritis by PPAR-gamma agonism without increase of endothelial progenitor cell homing. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology 2008. link 68 Kazderova M, Jancova E, Rysava R, Merta M, Tesar V. 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