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Association of a novel complement factor H mutation with severe crescentic and necrotizing glomerulonephritis.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation - 1 Jul 2012
Fervenza Fernando C, Smith Richard J H, Sethi Sanjeev
Abstract excerpt
Severe crescentic and necrotizing glomerulonephritis typically is associated with anti-glomerular basement membrane or antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies. In this report, we describe a 23-year-old man with severe crescentic and necrotizing glomerulonephritis. Both anti-glomerular basement membrane and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody titers were negative. Kidney biopsy showed bright C3 staining in the...
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