alport syndrome is a progressive hereditary nephritis leading to renal failure. nearly all of the documents declare that alport syndrome is inherited as x-linked dominant trait and reports of autosomal inheritance form is very rare. this paper presents an iranian large alport family with autosomal recessive inheritance. in our patients alport disease was confirmed with electron microscopic stud...

This report describes the renal pathology in three siblings with hereditary nephritis. All three cases showed combined features of chronic glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis, and interstitial nephritis. Foam cells were seen in only one case. These findings support the contention of Krickstein, Gloor, and Balogh (1966) that the renal changes in hereditary nephritis are those of a mixed nephritis.

A 21-year-old Grenadian girl undergoing investigation in Trinidad for anaemia was diagnosed as a case of hereditary nephritis. She had the clinical features of a nephropathy, nerve deafness and an ocular defect. Renal histology was exceptional in that in addition to the typical findings of a hereditary nephritis, cystic areas generally associated with medullary cystic disease were noted. Severa...