Clinical periodontal diagnosis
Abstract Periodontal diseases include pathological conditions elicited by the presence of bacterial biofilms leading to a host response. In the diagnostic process, clinical signs such as bleeding on probing, development of periodontal pockets and gingival recessions, furcation involvement and presence of radiographic bone loss should be assessed prior ...
Giovanni E. Salvi +5 more
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Pauci-immune ANCA associated glomerulonephritis. Clinical case
The female patient with extracapillary pauci-immune AncA associated glomerulonephritis having antibodies against myeloperoxidase and dialysis-requiring renal failure is described.
Leonid I. Dvoretsky +6 more
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Clinical Images: Anti‐MDA5 dermatomyositis with rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease presenting with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis due to C3 glomerulopathy [PDF]
ACR Open Rheumatology, Volume 8, Issue 4, April 2026.
Lebhar J +6 more
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What is new in the management of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis? [PDF]
Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) results from severe crescentic damage to glomeruli and leads to irreversible kidney failure if not diagnosed and managed in a timely fashion.
Greenhall, GHB, Salama, AD
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Prognostic Factors of Renal Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis [PDF]
Background/Aims: Renal involvement is common in systemic sclerosis (SSc), including asymptomatic reduction of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), increased renal resistance indices, scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) and ANCA-associated vasculitis. The aim was
Barbano, Biagio +5 more
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Rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis [PDF]
pulmonary edema. Hemodialysis was initiated and continued throughout her admission. Renal ultrasound showed normal kidney size with echogenicity consistent with parenchymal disease. Serologic tests were ordered and a renal biopsy was performed. The renal biopsy demonstrated involvement of essentially all glomeruli by necrosis, sclerosis, or both ...
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Differences in clinicopathologic variables between Borrelia C6 antigen seroreactive and Borrelia C6 seronegative glomerulopathy in dogs. [PDF]
BackgroundRapidly progressive glomerulonephritis has been described in dogs that seroreact to Borrelia burgdorferi, but no studies have compared clinicopathologic differences in Lyme-seroreactive dogs with protein-losing nephropathy (PLN) versus dogs ...
Goldstein RE +6 more
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Pilot trial of fk 506 in the management of steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome [PDF]
Seven patients with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome were treated with FK 506 monotherapy. Four patients were children with focal sclerosing glomerulonephritis (FSGS).
Ellis, D +9 more
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Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease: A clinicomorphological study of 16 cases
Introduction: Antiglomerular basement membrane disease manifests as rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and alveolar hemorrhage. It encompasses 10–15% of crescentic glomerulonephritis and is associated with poor outcome.
Srinivasrao Vavilapalli +6 more
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Clinic manifestations in granulomatosis with polyangiitis [PDF]
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), formerly Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), is an uncommon immunologically mediated systemic small-vessel vasculitis that is pathologically characterised by an inflammatory reaction pattern (necrosis, granulomatous ...
De Vincentiis, Marco +7 more
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