ALLMedicine™ Diffuse Proliferative Glomerulonephritis Center

Jun 19th, 2019 - Macrophage polarization is a major contributing factor in acute kidney injury (AKI). We aim to determine its biomarker value in differentiating etiologic causes of various intrinsic renal AKI. A total of 205 patients with renal intrinsic AKI were ...

Sep 21st, 2018 - We report an original case of a 27-year-old transgender woman who developed lupus nephritis after male-to-female sex reassignment surgery. The patient had been taking hormones to induce feminization since the age of 18. She was admitted with malar...

Mar 19th, 2018 - Practice Essentials Postinfectious glomerulonephritis (PIGN) may occur in association with bacterial, viral, fungal, protozoal, and helminthic infections. The classic association of glomerulonephritis (GN) with infection is poststreptococcal GN, u...

Mar 3rd, 2018 - Practice Essentials Diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis (DPGN) is a term used to describe a distinct histologic form of glomerulonephritis common to various types of systemic inflammatory diseases, including autoimmune disorders (eg, systemic...

Mar 3rd, 2018 - Practice Essentials Diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis (DPGN) is a term used to describe a distinct histologic form of glomerulonephritis common to various types of systemic inflammatory diseases, including autoimmune disorders (eg, systemic...

Aug 25th, 2017 - Answer: D. Type III hypersensitivity reaction This patient's symptoms and laboratory findings suggest a nephritic syndrome secondary to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), which is a type of type III hypersensitivity. Type III hypersensitivity occ...

Mar 4th, 2003 - Question A 21-year-old white man presents with WHO type 4 diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis (DPGN), hypertension, low serum C3, C4 complement and high serum level of anti-DNA antibodies, and spilling 6 gm urinary protein per day. No other c...

LONDON — Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who don't get the influenza vaccine risk getting pneumonia or bronchitis—or making their underlying disease worse, a new study suggested. Influenza vaccination for patients with autoimmune diseas.