Membranous glomerulonephritis | |
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Other names | Membranous glomerulopathy, membranous nephritis, (epi)membranous nephropathy, extramembranous glomerulopathy, and perimembranous nephropathy.[1] |
Micrograph of membranous nephropathy showing prominent glomerular basement membrane spikes. Jones' stain. | |
Specialty | Nephrology |
Membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN) is a slowly progressive disease of the kidney affecting mostly people between ages of 30 and 50 years, usually white people (i.e., those of European, Middle Eastern, or North African ancestry.)[citation needed].
It is the second most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in adults, with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) recently becoming the most common.[2]