Analysis of Various Types of Glomerulonephritis with Crescents at a Single Center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The importance of crescent formation in glomerulonephritis has increased. However, detailed analysis of crescentic glomerulonephritis in Asia is scarce. In addition, advances in serological diagnostic techniques (antineutrophil cytoplasmic and antiglomerular basement membrane autoantibodies) and early diagnosis have reduced the number of cases meeting the strict definition of crescentic glomerulonephritis (>50% of glomeruli are crescentic). Therefore, we analyzed the clinicopathological features and renal prognosis of glomerulonephritis cases that exhibited at least one crescentic lesion.

Methods

We retrospectively evaluated 265 adult patients diagnosed with glomerulonephritis with at least one crescent formation based on the results of renal biopsy. We divided th

SUBMITTER: Nakakita T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9110247 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature