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Immune System Diseases > Autoimmune Diseases > Glomerulonephritis, Membranous
... > Urogenital Diseases > Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications > Female Urogenital Diseases > Urologic Diseases > Kidney Diseases > Nephritis > Glomerulonephritis > Glomerulonephritis, Membranous
... > Urogenital Diseases > Male Urogenital Diseases > Urologic Diseases > Kidney Diseases > Nephritis > Glomerulonephritis > Glomerulonephritis, Membranous

Preferred term

Glomerulonephritis, Membranous  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Extramembranous Glomerulopathy
  • Glomerulonephropathy, Membranous
  • Glomerulopathy, Extramembranous
  • Glomerulopathy, Membranous
  • Membranous Glomerulonephropathy
  • Membranous Glomerulopathy
  • Membranous Nephropathy
  • Nephropathy, Membranous

Note

  • do not confuse with GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; do not make diagnoses: use the term used by the author

Scope note

  • A type of glomerulonephritis that is characterized by the accumulation of immune deposits (COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX) on the outer aspect of the GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE. It progresses from subepithelial dense deposits, to basement membrane reaction and eventual thickening of the basement membrane.

History note

  • 1989; for HEYMANN NEPHRITIS use GLOMERULONEPHRITIS 1987-2006

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015433

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