#NephMadness 2025: Genetics – But First, Think Genetics
Submit your picks! | @NephMadness | @nephmadness.bsky.social | NephMadness 2025 Nora Franceschini Dr. Franceschini is a Professor of Epidemiology and Genetics at the [...]
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#NephMadness 2025: Genetics Region
Submit your picks! | @NephMadness | @nephmadness.bsky.social | NephMadness 2025 Selection Committee Member: Jordan Nestor @thenestor.bsky.social Jordan Nestor, Assistant [...]
Highlights from the June 2023 Issue
Editor’s Note: We asked authors of Original Investigations to provide short plain-language summaries that would briefly summarize what inspired their study, the basic [...]
#NephMadness 2023: It’s Always Rosy in the World of Complement
Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2023 | #NephMadness | #TMAregion John Sperati @JohnSperati Dr. John Sperati is an Associate Professor of Medicine and an adult nephrologist [...]
Can We Reuse Transplanted Kidneys for Another Recipient?
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a histologically-defined lesion that results from many etiologies such as drugs, infections, and genetic mutations. It can also [...]
Primary FSGS: Using Proteinuria as an Endpoint
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a histologic description with numerous etiologies and proposed pathogenic mechanisms. Proteinuria, frequently associated with [...]
What is CureGN and How to Get Involved
The Cure Glomerulonephropathy (CureGN) consortium will longitudinally follow 2,400 adults and children with glomerular disease. The layout of this study was recently [...]
Recurrent and De Novo FSGS Following Kidney Transplantation
Recurrent FSGS Incidence: 20-40% Risk factors: Childhood onset, rapid progression, recurrence of FSGS in prior transplant Clinical Features: Nephrotic syndrome within weeks [...]
Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: Sampling Error in Misdiagnosis
The term “focal” is an integral part of the nomenclature of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). Therefore, since not all glomeruli are affected, sampling error is [...]
Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: An Approach to Pathologic Assessment
The launch of the AJKD Atlas of Renal Pathology II begins with contributions by Dr. Agnes Fogo and colleagues on the subject of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. The [...]