glomerular diseases

Test Your Knowledge: Lupus Nephritis & Thrombotic Microangiopathy

January 12, 2015 // 1 Comment

In the January issue of AJKD, El-Husseini et al describe a case of lupus nephritis-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) that was successfully treated with eculizumab, [...]

Podocyturia in Healthy Individuals Shows Markers of De-differentiation

December 8, 2014 // 0 Comments

The podocyte has emerged as the focus of intense investigation for kidney researchers. This cell is located at the key transition point in the glomerulus where the plasma is [...]

Hantavirus Infection Presenting with Acute Reversible Podocytopathy

July 24, 2014 // 1 Comment

Hantavirus is a genus of the virus family Bunyaviridae, has manysub-species, and is endemic in several parts of the world. Human disease is caused by viral transmission [...]

Membranous Nephropathy with Crescents

June 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

While membranous nephropathy (MN) is one of the most common forms of nephrotic syndrome in adults, it is rarely associated with the pathologic finding of crescents on kidney [...]

Eculizumab Can Be Discontinued in Selected Patients with aHUS

May 5, 2014 // 1 Comment

Since 2009, eculizumab has been successfully used for treatment of aHUS. What happens after discontinuation is less clear. Does the disease relapse? In a recent AJKD article, [...]

Common Pitfalls in Lupus Nephritis

February 24, 2014 // 0 Comments

Bose, Silverman, and Bargman provide an excellent summary of common mistakes and misconceptions about the treatment of lupus nephritis. Their list of the 10 most common [...]

Test Your Knowledge: Proliferative Glomerulonephritis

February 20, 2014 // 0 Comments

Proliferative glomerulonephritis (GN) is defined as an increase in glomerular cellularity due to the influx of leukocytes and/or the proliferation of native cells. There are [...]

#DreamRCT: Creation of an International Glomerular Disease Trial Network (iGDTN)

February 15, 2014 // 5 Comments

The DreamRCT is a great online project spearheaded by Jordan Weinstein at UKidney and Joel Topf at PBFluids. Nephrology bloggers from WhizBang, Nephron Power, Renal Fellow [...]

Lupus Nephritis: A 2014 Treatment Update

February 6, 2014 // 1 Comment

In the recent review “Lupus Nephritis: the Evolving Role of Novel Therapeutics” published in AJKD, Rovin and Parikh summarize the current understanding of the [...]

Guidelines for Kidney Diseases

August 8, 2013 // 0 Comments

In 2012, Kidney International Supplements published the KDIGO guidelines on the treatment of glomerular diseases (GN). The guidelines were commissioned as part of a KDIGO [...]

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