Medically reviewed by Femi Aremu, PharmD Complement 3 glomerulopathy (C3G) is a rare type of kidney disease. There are two types: C3 glomerulonephritis (C3GN) and dense deposit disease (DDD).C3GN is ...
Medically reviewed by Erika Prouty, PharmD Key Takeaways There are two types of complement 3 glomerulopathy: dense deposit ...
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, researchers assessed whether messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines increase the incidence of ...
'Membranoproliferative' is a descriptive term for a morphological pattern of glomerular injury characterized by an enlarged mesangium and capillary wall thickening with double contours ...
The fact that the complement system is activated during immune-complex glomerular disease has been known for nearly 50 years. Detection of complement deposition in the glomerulus using immunochemistry ...
Glomerulonephritis (GN) is a condition in which the kidneys are inflamed. The glomeruli are the filtering mechanism of the kidneys. They consist of a tuft of highly coiled capillaries cupped in a ...
Obesity rates in glomerular disease have multiplied more than 10-fold over the last 40 years. The following article features coverage from the American Society of Nephrology’s Kidney Week 2021. Click ...
It may be that these contrasting results reflect a bias in the selection of patients for kidney transplantation in favor of glomerulonephritis, that the frequency with which the 2 types of renal ...