Glomerulonephritis with associated hypocomplementemia and crescents: an unusual case of fibrillary glomerulonephritis.

نویسندگان

  • D B Adey
  • B R MacPherson
  • G C Groggel
چکیده

Fibrillary glomerulonephritis is an unusual, but not rare cause of glomerulonephritis. Hypocomplementemia in association with fibrillary glomerulonephritis has been reported only once previously. A patient with hypocomplementemia and fibrillary deposits as demonstrated by electronmicroscopy is reported. The clinical and pathologic features of fibrillary glomerulonephritis and immunotactoid glomerulopathy are reviewed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN

دوره 6 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1995