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Post-infectious Proliferative Glomerulonephritis with Monoclonal Immunoglobulin G Deposits Associated with Complement Factor H Mutation.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2017
Takehara Eriko, Mandai Shintaro, Shikuma Satomi, Akita Wataru, Chiga Motoko, Mori Takayasu, Oda Takashi, Kuwahara Michio, Uchida Shinichi
Abstract excerpt
A 55-year-old man developed rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and nephrotic syndrome. A kidney biopsy specimen showed diffuse proliferative and crescentic glomerulonephritis with monoclonal IgG1κ, humps, and nephritis-associated plasmin receptor, indicating infection-associated proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immunoglobulin G deposits (PGNMID). Despite dialysis-dependent renal failure,...
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