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Review
. 2003 Apr;79(930):206-13; quiz 212-3.
doi: 10.1136/pmj.79.930.206.

Acute glomerulonephritis

C S Vinen  1 , D B G Oliveira
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Review

Acute glomerulonephritis

C S Vinen et al. Postgrad Med J. 2003 Apr.

Abstract

Glomerulonephritis is an important cause of renal failure thought to be caused by autoimmune damage to the kidney. While each type of glomerulonephritis begins with a unique initiating stimulus, subsequent common inflammatory and fibrotic events lead to a final pathway of progressive renal damage. In this article the different forms of inflammatory glomerulonephritis and their diagnosis are discussed. In a review of therapy both immediate life saving treatment given when glomerulonephritis causes acute renal failure and more specific treatments designed to modify the underlying mechanisms of renal injury are considered.

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