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Extensive crescent formation in idiopathic membranous glomerulonephritis. A case report

Cheong IK , Chong SM , Singh N , Suleiman AB 1

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  • 1 Abu Bakar Suleiman M.Med.(S'pore), FRACP Consultant Nephrologist, General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 1981 Mar;36(1):8-10.
PMID: 7321940

Abstract

We report this 21 years old Indian male with the nephrotic syndrome due to membranous nephropathy who later developed numerous epithelial crescents leading to a rapid loss of renal function. The pathogenesis of the crescentic transformation in this type of glomerulopathy is discussed.

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