Postinfectious glomerulonephritis is an immune-mediated disease occurring as a result of the host response to an extrarenal infection. The classical form of poststreptococcal disease is decreasing worldwide but remains a significant health care problem in ...

Diabetic nephropathy is the most common cause of end-stage renal disease and is associated with a high morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis is important as tight control of albuminuria and hypertension improves the renal prognosis. Similarly, good ...

IgA nephropathy is the most common glomerulonephritis in Europe. The disease has been discovered in 1968 in Paris by Jean Berger at the Necker-Children's Hospital. Diagnosis is made by kidney biopsy and requires the presence of mesangial deposits of IgA. ...

Pauci-immune glomerulonephritis and ANCA associated vasculitides (AAV) are chronic autoimmune diseases with necrotizing inflammation of the small vessels, affecting several organ systems with a variety of symptoms, in rarer cases isolated renal ...

Lupus nephritis represents the most common visceral organ manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus and has a major impact on lupus related morbidity and quality of life. Histologically, renal lupus involvement exhibits a broad range of patterns, ...

Membranous nephropathy is one of the most common glomerular diseases and leading causes of nephrotic syndrome in Caucasian adults. Known as a clinico-pathologic entity for over 50 years, it is defined by thickening of the glomerular capillary membrane ...

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a common histological diagnosis in adults with nephrotic proteinuria and one of the most frequent causes of end stage renal disease (ESRD) among the primary glomerulopathies. Renal histology reveals the “...

The nephrotic syndrome is characterized by a combination of pathological lab values and clinical symptoms, i. e. pronounced proteinuria (usually more than 3 – 3,5 g protein/24 h), hypoalbuminemia, edema and hyperlipidemia. The causes of the nephrotic ...

Recurrence of glomerulonephritis after kidney transplantation is especially in the long term an important cause of renal allograft failure. The exact frequency depends on the one hand how the diagnosis of recurrence was established, either on clinical ...