Immune complex-mediated rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in a patient with family history of systemic lupus erythematosus

Autor: Ahmad Alflaiw, Ghormallah Alghamdi, Khalid Alsaad, Noura Aloudah
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, Vol 29, Iss 5, Pp 1227-1231 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1319-2442
DOI: 10.4103/1319-2442.243949
Popis: We describe here a case of a 53-year-old Saudi female who presented to the emergency room with shortness of breath progressive in nature for the previous one month, associated with a cough and occasional greenish sputum. She turned out to be a case of immunocomplex mediated glomerulonephritis presenting as rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in a female patient with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in her daughter.
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