IgA nephropathy in two HLA-identical brothers and acute, diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis in the third, HLA-different brother.
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Dr. L. Grčevska, Department of Nephrology, Medical Faculty, Vodnjanska 17, YU-91000 Skopje (Yugoslavia) Dear Sir, Various heredofamilial diseases involve the kidney, but there are also renal diseases in which familial aggregation can occur, such as IgA glomerulopathy, lupus nephritis, membranous nephropathy and vesicoureteral reflux [1-4]. We want to present 3 brothers who developed signs of glomerulonephritis within 6-month intervals. Case Reports Fig. 1. Diffuse proliferative glomerular changes in case 1. HE. 40 × 10 × 1.25. Fig. 2. Sclerotic glomerular changes in case 2. Silver methenamine. 16 × 10 × 1.25.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Nephron
دوره 61 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1992