Membranous glomerulonephritis

Membranous glomerulonephritis
Other namesMembranous glomerulopathy, membranous nephritis, (epi)membranous nephropathy, extramembranous glomerulopathy, and perimembranous nephropathy.[1]
Micrograph of membranous nephropathy showing prominent glomerular basement membrane spikes. Jones' stain.
SpecialtyNephrology Edit this on Wikidata

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].

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It is the second most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in adults, with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) recently becoming the most common.[2]

  1. ^ Bruijn, Jan A. (2007), Fogo, Agnes B.; Cohen, Arthur H.; Jennette, J. Charles; Bruijn, Jan A. (eds.), "Membranous Glomerulopathy", Fundamentals of Renal Pathology, New York, NY: Springer, pp. 21–29, doi:10.1007/978-0-387-31127-2_2, ISBN 978-0-387-31127-2, retrieved 2021-05-16
  2. ^ Membranous Glomerulonephritis at eMedicine