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ArticleBMJ case reports2018

Proliferative glomerulonephritis with linear immunoglobulin deposition: is this atypical antiglomerular basement membrane disease?

Ana Catarina Teixeira, Helena Pinto, Nuno Oliveira, Carol Marinho

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ana Catarina TeixeiraNephrology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Helena PintoNephrology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Nuno OliveiraNephrology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Carol MarinhoPathology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE, Coimbra, Portugal.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The antiglomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) antibody disease is marked by the presence of specific antibodies against the non-collagenous domain of the type IV collagen's α3 chain. We describe a case of a 24-year-old Caucasian man, who may have had an atypical presentation of anti-GBM (slow progressive renal insufficiency, massive proteinuria and no detectable circulating anti-GBM antibody). The patient was treated with steroids and cyclophosphamide. This approach failed to attenuate the disease, and so rituximab was initiated with subsequent clinical improvement, normalisation of urinary sediment and marked regression of proteinuria; renal function remained stable. The renal biopsy immunofluorescence was crucial for the diagnosis.

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Immunoglobulin GAnti-Glomerular Basement Membrane DiseaseAutoantibodiesBasement MembraneBiopsyCyclophosphamideFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHumansImmunologic FactorsImmunosuppressive AgentsMaleProteinuriaRituximabSerum AlbuminYoung Adultantiglomerular basement membrane antibodyAutoantibodiesCyclophosphamideImmunoglobulin GImmunologic FactorsImmunosuppressive AgentsRituximabSerum Albuminacute renal failurenephrotic syndrome

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PMID29724870
PMCPMC5935154

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