Renal Diseases Associated With Plasma Cell Dyscrasias, Amyloidoses, and Waldenström Macroglobulinemia

Jun 21, 2016 by in UROLOGY Comments Off on Renal Diseases Associated With Plasma Cell Dyscrasias, Amyloidoses, and Waldenström Macroglobulinemia

Renal Diseases Associated With Plasma Cell Dyscrasias, Amyloidoses, and Waldenström Macroglobulinemia Guillermo A. Herrera Maria M. Picken HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE The important historical events more than 150 years ago that brought…

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Thrombotic Microangiopathies

Jun 21, 2016 by in UROLOGY Comments Off on Thrombotic Microangiopathies

Thrombotic Microangiopathies Zoltan G. Laszik Neeraja Kambham Fred G. Silva Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is the pathologic term for a condition characterized by microvascular changes including thrombosis in association with laboratory…

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Renal Disease in Pregnancy

Jun 21, 2016 by in UROLOGY Comments Off on Renal Disease in Pregnancy

Renal Disease in Pregnancy Agnes B. Fogo EFFECTS OF NORMAL PREGNANCY ON THE KIDNEY Structural Changes in Pregnancy Pregnancy normally induces changes in kidney function. In some women, complications of…

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Pauci-Immune and Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody-Mediated Crescentic Glomerulonephritis and Vasculitis

Jun 21, 2016 by in UROLOGY Comments Off on Pauci-Immune and Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody-Mediated Crescentic Glomerulonephritis and Vasculitis

Pauci-Immune and Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody-Mediated Crescentic Glomerulonephritis and Vasculitis J. Charles Jennette David B. Thomas A landmark publication in 1979 by Stilmant et al. (1) reported that many if not…

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Renal Involvement in Polyarteritis Nodosa, Kawasaki Disease, Takayasu Arteritis, and Giant Cell Arteritis

Jun 21, 2016 by in UROLOGY Comments Off on Renal Involvement in Polyarteritis Nodosa, Kawasaki Disease, Takayasu Arteritis, and Giant Cell Arteritis

Renal Involvement in Polyarteritis Nodosa, Kawasaki Disease, Takayasu Arteritis, and Giant Cell Arteritis J. Charles Jennette Harsharan K. Singh BACKGROUND Nomenclature of Systemic Vasculitis Vasculitis is vessel wall inflammation. Perivascular…

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Alport Syndrome, Familial Benign Hematuria, Nail-Patella Syndrome, Type III Collagen Glomerulopathy, and Pierson Syndrome

Jun 21, 2016 by in UROLOGY Comments Off on Alport Syndrome, Familial Benign Hematuria, Nail-Patella Syndrome, Type III Collagen Glomerulopathy, and Pierson Syndrome

Alport Syndrome, Familial Benign Hematuria, Nail-Patella Syndrome, Type III Collagen Glomerulopathy, and Pierson Syndrome Marie Claire Gubler Laurence Heidet Corinne Antignac ALPORT SYNDROME In 1927, Alport (1) reported the association…

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Acute Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis and Glomerulonephritis Caused by Persistent Bacterial Infection

Jun 21, 2016 by in UROLOGY Comments Off on Acute Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis and Glomerulonephritis Caused by Persistent Bacterial Infection

Acute Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis and Glomerulonephritis Caused by Persistent Bacterial Infection Anjali A. Satoskar Tibor Nadasdy Fred G. Silva Bacterial infection outside the kidney can lead to glomerulonephritis either after the…

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