Antiglomerular basement membrane disease

Introduction: Antiglomerular basement membrane disease

Description of Antiglomerular basement membrane disease

Antiglomerular basement membrane disease: A combination of pulmonary hemorrhage and glomerulonephritis. It is known also as the lung purpura glomerulonephritis complex. It is considered by some to be a form of hypersensitivity reaction.
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Antiglomerular basement membrane disease: An autoimmune disease of the KIDNEY and the LUNG. It is characterized by the presence of circulating autoantibodies targeting the epitopes in the non-collagenous domains of COLLAGEN TYPE IV in the basement membranes of kidney glomeruli (KIDNEY GLOMERULUS) and lung alveoli (PULMONARY ALVEOLI), and the subsequent destruction of these basement membranes. Clinical features include pulmonary alveolar hemorrhage and glomerulonephritis.
Source: MeSH 2007

Antiglomerular basement membrane disease: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Antiglomerular basement membrane disease:

• Basement membrane
• Basement
• Membrane
• Combination
• Combination syndrome
• Pulmonary
• Pulmonary symptoms (3280 causes)
• Hemorrhage (1783 causes)

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Terms Similar to Antiglomerular basement membrane disease:

• Goodpasture's syndrome
• Anti-GBM nephritis with pulmonary hemorrhage

Source: Diseases Database

External links related to: Antiglomerular basement membrane disease

• eMedicine - Goodpasture Syndrome : Article by Sat Sharma, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCCP, DABSM
• eMedicine - Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Disease : Article by Ramesh Saxena, MD, PhD
• Goodpasture's syndrome (www.whonamedit.com)
• eMedicine - Goodpasture Syndrome : Article by Rudolph P Valentini, MD
• OMIM - GOODPASTURE SYNDROME

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