Kidney Res Clin Pract.
2013 Sep;32(3):103-110.
Primary glomerulonephritis: A review of important recent discoveries
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- 1Division of Nephrology and Immunology, Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany. juergen.floege@rwth-aachen.de
Abstract
- The publication of the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines on the treatment of glomerular diseases in 2012 marked a milestone in this field, asitisthe first time that comprehensive guidelines are provided for such disease entities. The current review focuses on major findings, both path ogenesis related and clinical, in the primary glomerulonephritis that have been made after the guidelines came into effect.