Uric Acid and the Kidney

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Fig. 26.1 Production and metabolism of uric acid. XO xanthine oxidase, XDH xanthine dehydrogenase, NAD nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide The best known consequence of an elevated uric acid in humans is…

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Other Glomerular Diseases

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Fig. 19.1 Collagenofibrotic glomerulopathy (PAS stain). From Ponticelli and Glassock [1]; by permission of Oxford University Press The mechanisms responsible for the deposition of type III collagen in glomeruli are…

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Glomerular Disease in Pregnancy

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  Preeclampsia HELLP syndrome Active lupus nephritis Timing in pregnancy (weeks gestation) After 20 weeks After 20 weeks Any gestational age Complement (C3, C4) Normal Normal May be decreased Thrombocytopenia…

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Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposition Disease

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Fig. 20.1 Light chain deposition disease. Glomeruli showing (A) PAS and (B) silver positive mesangial nodules. Note the lobular accentuation of the glomerular tufts. Arrows point to mesangial nodules. (PAS-…

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Plasmapheresis

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Fig. 27.1 Standard membrane filtration (a), adsorption (b), and selective filtration (c) systems. (a) Blood is pumped into a biocompatible membrane that allows the filtration of plasma while retaining cellular…

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Acute Interstitial Nephritis

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Medication-related AIN AIN associated with infections Direct invasion of the kidney Remote infection Idiopathic AIN—TINU syndrome AIN associated with glomerular and systemic diseases With anti-TBM antibodies SLE and MCTD Sarcoid…

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Pathogenesis and Management of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis

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Fig. 10.1 On ethanol-fixed neutrophils, proteinase-3 (PR3) ANCA cause a characteristic cytoplasmic granular centrally accentuated immunofluorescence pattern, referred as c-ANCA (top), while myeloperoxidase (MPO)-ANCA causes a perinuclear immunofluorescence pattern, referred…

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Focal and Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

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Primary (idiopathic) FSGS Secondary FSGS  Classic (not otherwise specified) variant  Infection  Tip lesion variant  HIV (usually collapsing variant)  Collapsing glomerulopathy variant  Parvovirus B19  Perihilar variant Medication and drug related Familial…

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