Dense-deposit disease is a complement-mediated disorder characterized by a proliferative glomerulonephritis, bright capillary-wall C3 staining on immunofluorescence microscopy, and large ...
Of six patients with diffuse glomerulonephritis and associated infected ventriculoatrial shunt, three had improved renal function after removal of the infected shunt, and three died from ...
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 ...
The pathological process of glomerulonephritis (GN) includes glomerular capillary damage, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has an important role in glomerular capillary repair in GN. We ...