Time to Abandon Kidney Biopsy to Diagnose Membranous Nephropathy?

Pierre Ronco^{1

2}, Emmanuelle Plaisier^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nephrology, Centre Hospitalier du Mans, Le Mans, France.
² Unité Mixte de Recherche S1155, Sorbonne Université and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France.
³ Department of Nephrology, Association pour l'Utilisation du Rein Artificiel Paris Plaisance, Paris, France.

Editorial

Pierre Ronco et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Dec.

. 2021 Dec;16(12):1787-1789.

doi: 10.2215/CJN.11180821. Epub 2021 Nov 15.

Pierre Ronco^{1

2}, Emmanuelle Plaisier^{2

3}

¹ Department of Nephrology, Centre Hospitalier du Mans, Le Mans, France.
² Unité Mixte de Recherche S1155, Sorbonne Université and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France.
³ Department of Nephrology, Association pour l'Utilisation du Rein Artificiel Paris Plaisance, Paris, France.

No abstract available

Keywords: glomerulosclerosis; membranous nephropathy; nephrology.

Comment on

Noninvasive Diagnosis of PLA2R-Associated Membranous Nephropathy: A Validation Study.
Bobart SA, Han H, Tehranian S, De Vriese AS, Roman JCL, Sethi S, Zand L, Andrades Gomez C, Giesen CD, Soler MJ, Bomback AS, Fervenza FC. Bobart SA, et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Dec;16(12):1833-1839. doi: 10.2215/CJN.05480421. Epub 2021 Nov 15. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021. PMID: 34782349 Free PMC article.

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