nephropathy
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- Membranous nephropathy is a major cause of nephrotic syndrome in adults, with various etiologies and outcomes.
- BK virus (BKV)-associated nephropathy is a significant complication of kidney transplantation that progresses to graft dysfunction and graft loss.
- Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is currently the leading cause of end-stage renal disease.
- Advanced glycation end products are known to play an important role in the diabetes complications, such as diabetic nephropathy.
- Membranous nephropathy (MN) is characterized by an accumulation of immune deposits on the subepithelial side of the glomerular basement membrane, which results in complement activation and proteinuria.
- Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease (GBM) (Goodpasture's disease) typically presents with acute manifestations of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis often accompanied by lung haemorrhage.
- Severe neutropenia-associated invasive bacterial or fungal infections are still the major cause of mortality and morbidity in children receiving cancer chemotherapy.