Glomerulonephritis
Glomerulonephritis has always been regarded as a complex subject. Different forms o f the disease c a n cause death in a matter o f weeks, nephrotic syndrome which might or might not prove responsive to steroid therapy, or no symptoms a t all. Improved pa
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NEW CLINICAL APPLICATIONS N E P H R O L OG Y
G LO M ER U LO NEPI IRITIS Editor
G. R. D. CATTO MD, DSc, FRCP (Lond., Edin. and Glasg.) Professor of Medicine Universitv of Aberdeen UK
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS DORDRECHT / BOSTON / LONDON
Distributors for the United States and Canada: Kluwer Academic Publishers, PO Box 358, Accord Station, Hingham, MA 02018-0358, USA for all other countries: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, Distribution Center, PO Box 322, 3300 AH Dordrecht, The Netherlands British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Glomerulonephritis. 1. Man. Kidneys. Glomerulonephritis I. Catto, Graeme R.D. (Graeme Robertson Dawson), 1945II. Series 616.6'12 ISBN 0-7462-0109-5 ISBN 0-7462-0000-5 Series Copyright © 1990 by Kluwer Academic Publishers All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission from the publishers, Kluwer Academic Publishers BV, PO Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Published in the United Kingdom by Kluwer Academic Publishers, PO Box 55, Lancaster, UK. Kluwer Academic Publishers BV incorporates the publishing programmes of D. Reidel, Martinus Nijhoff, Dr W. Junk and MTP Press. Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd, Frome and London
CONTENTS
List of Authors Series Editor's Foreword About the Editor
vi vii viii
1.
Minimal change nephropathy J.M. Boulton-Jones
2.
Membranous nephropathy N.P. M a l l i c k and C.D. S h o r t
39
3.
Infection-associated glomerulonephritis A.M. Davison and N.P. Goode
69
4.
IgA nephropathy D.A. Power and J.G. Simpson
97
5.
Plasmapheresis in glomerulonephritis C.D. Pusey
139
6.
Proliferation of glomerular cells A.J. Rees
163
Index
194
LIST OF AUTHORS
D.A. Power
J.M. Boulton-Jones
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics University of Aberdeen Polwarth Building Foresterhill Aberdeen AB9 2ZD UK
RenalUnit Glasgow Royal Infirmary 84 Castle Street Glasgow G31 2ER UK A.M. Davison
Department of Renal Medicine St James's University Hospital Beckett Street Leeds LS9 7TF UK
C.D. Pusey
Department of Medicine Royal Postgraduate Med
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