glomerulonephritis
Sign in to saveGlomerulonephritis (GN) is a term used to refer to several kidney diseases (usually affecting both kidneys). Many of the diseases are characterised by inflammation either of the glomeruli or of the small blood vessels in the kidneys, hence the name, but not all diseases necessarily have an inflammatory component.
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- Glomerulonephritis
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- Photomicrograph of a kidney biopsy from a person with crescentic glomerulonephritis showing prominent fibrocellular crescent formation and moderate mesangial proliferation in a glomerulus. Hematoxylin and eosin stain.
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- Glomerular nephritis
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19 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Nephritic syndrome
- Nonproliferative
- Minimal change disease
- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
- Membranous glomerulonephritis
- Thin basement membrane disease
- Fibronectin glomerulopathy
- Proliferative
- IgA nephropathy
- Post-infectious
- Membranoproliferative
- Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- See also
- References
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Glomerulonephritis (GN) is a term used to refer to several kidney diseases (usually affecting both kidneys). Many of the diseases are characterised by inflammation either of the glomeruli or of the small blood vessels in the kidneys, hence the name, but not all diseases necessarily have an inflammatory component.
As it is not strictly a single disease, its presentation depends on the specific disease entity: it may present with isolated hematuria and/or proteinuria (blood or protein in the urine); or as a nephrotic syndrome, a nephritic syndrome, acute kidney injury, or chronic kidney disease.