ANCA-Positive Pauci-Immune rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and the nephrotic syndrome
We herewith report a case of biopsy proven crescentic glomerulonephritis (GN) due to vasculitis, whose sole presentation was the nephrotic syndrome. Our case raises the possibility of whether the disease initially was a primary GN, upon which crescentic ...
Jabur Wael, Saeed Hareth
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Management of Elderly Patients with Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis
<b><i>Background:</i></b> Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) is characterized by a rapid deterioration of renal function and by extracapillary proliferation in >50% of glomeruli. The most common type of RPGN is
Zdenka Hruskova, Vladimir Tesar
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A 58-year-old woman with chronic thyroiditis receiving levothyroxine replacement therapy presented with rapidly progressive renal failure. Myeloperoxidase antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (MPO-ANCA) was positive, and a renal biopsy demonstrated ...
Shigenori Nakamura +3 more
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Aim. To study efficacy of ANCA-RPGN treatment with corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide or mycophenolic acid drugs. Material and methods. We treated 28patients (17 males and 11 females aged 19-71 years) with morphologically verified ANCA-associated ...
N A Tomilina +9 more
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Prognostic Value of Neutrophil-To-Lymphocyte Ratio and Platelet-To-Lymphocyte Ratio for Renal Outcomes in Patients with Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis [PDF]
Background: Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) is a syndrome characterized by a rapid decline in renal function that often causes end-stage renal disease.
Fukuda, Satoko +29 more
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Immune complex type crescentic glomerulonephritis and ANCA-positivity in a nine-year-old girl
We report a nine-year-old girl who presented with the clinical and laboratory findings of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. She was found to be positive for both pANCA and cANCA.
Alper Soylu +4 more
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Methylprednisolone pulse therapy in rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
Twenty-five patients with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) were treated with methylprednisolone (MP) pulse therapy (1 g intravenously on 3 successive days).
Krediet, R. T. +2 more
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Eculizumab for rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in children. [PDF]
Cirillo L +11 more
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Serology-based subtypes of pediatric rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and early changes in eGFR and KIM-1: a prospective cohort study. [PDF]
Budiarto A +4 more
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Triple-Positive Serology in Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis: A Diagnostic Dilemma. [PDF]
Godbole N +7 more
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