Glomerulonephritis

Ahoy folks, I'm reading an article concerning Sickle-cell diseases, and stumbled upon a rather lenghty word, " Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis ". I've been searching around for information on it, but it's somewhat hard to decipher the Wikipedia definition. I though I'd see ...

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... ulcerative colitis Decreased complement activity may be seen in: hereditary angioedema bacterial infections (especially Neisseria) cirrhosis glomerulonephritis hepatitis lupus nephritis malnutrition kidney transplant rejection systemic lupus erythematosus What the risks are Return to top ...

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... Most patients with C3 deficiency have pronounced susceptibility to bacterial infection (320). Cutaneous vasculitis, SLE-like symptoms and glomerulonephritis have also been observed. A dysfunctional form of C3 has recently been identified in a patient with SLE-like disease (321). Deficiency ...

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