Membranous Glomerulonephritis (Membranous Nephropathy)

1649  relevant articles (88 outcomes, 155 trials/studies) found for this Disease

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Disease Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1.	Nephrotic Syndrome (Syndrome, Nephrotic)
2.	Proteinuria
3.	Glomerulonephritis
4.	IGA Glomerulonephritis (IGA Nephropathy)
5.	Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (Glomerulosclerosis, Focal)
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Experts

1.	Remuzzi, Giuseppe: 5 articles (09/2007 - 09/2002)
2.	Salant, David J: 5 articles (10/2005 - 04/2002)
3.	Wetzels, Jack F M: 4 articles (10/2008 - 02/2006)
4.	Ruggenenti, Piero: 4 articles (09/2007 - 09/2002)
5.	Cattran, D C: 3 articles (01/2008 - 04/2001)
6.	Chan, Kwok Wah: 3 articles (12/2007 - 10/2005)
7.	Makker, S P: 3 articles (11/2006 - 01/2000)
8.	Debiec, Hanna: 3 articles (07/2006 - 06/2002)
9.	Abbate, Mauro: 3 articles (07/2006 - 09/2002)
10.	Chiurchiu, Carlos: 3 articles (07/2006 - 09/2002)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Membranous Glomerulonephritis:

1.	Chlorambucil (Leukeran)FDA Link 11/01/1999 - "We conclude that steroid therapy alone, or associated with chlorambucil, is effective in patients with stage II to III membranous nephropathy" 01/01/1983 - "Controlled trial of monthly alternated courses of steroid and chlorambucil for idiopathic membranous nephropathy." 01/01/2001 - "Severe bone marrow failure associated with the use of alternating steroid with chlorambucil in lupus membranous nephropathy in Chinese." 06/01/1996 - "Complete remission of nephrotic syndrome after steroid-chlorambucil in a previous failed short-term steroidal treatment of a primary membranous nephropathy." 04/12/1984 - "We conclude that steroid and chlorambucil treatment for six months favors remission of the nephrotic syndrome in adults with idiopathic membranous nephropathy and can preserve renal function for at least some years." Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
2.	Cyclosporine (Ciclosporin)FDA LinkGeneric 03/01/2002 - "A major development is the demonstration in a randomized study that cyclosporin A is effective in membranous nephropathy" 01/01/1992 - "The survey of open trials of Cyclosporin (CyA) in membranous nephropathy demonstrates that low dose CyA (4-5 mg/kg/day) given for a long term therapy (more than a year) can induce remission in 60-70% of the patients" 11/01/2006 - "BACKGROUND: Cyclosporine A (CyA) has been shown to be effective in membranous nephropathy (MN)" 12/01/2001 - "OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of cyclosporin A (CSA) in the treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN), a prospective controlled clinical study was performed" 12/01/2004 - "Cyclosporin A-induced remission of primary membranous glomerulonephritis in a child." Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
3.	Immunoglobulin G (IgG)IBA 03/01/1991 - "Preliminary results of the efficacy of high-dose intravenous human IgG in patients with biopsy-confirmed idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMGN) were reported" 05/01/1984 - "Nine of 15 rhesus-D positive patients with membranous nephropathy had delayed clearance of the IgG cells and the defect did not correlate with disease activity" 01/01/2005 - "Urinary excretion of beta2-microglobulin and IgG predict prognosis in idiopathic membranous nephropathy: a validation study." 11/01/2002 - "This study also shows the selective significance of IgG4 in MN, but not in MLN, another form of membranous glomerulopathy." 08/01/1999 - "A diagnosis of membranous glomerulonephritis was established based on the findings of spikes in PASM staining, weak IgG deposition in the glomerular capillary and subepithelial deposits by electron microscopic study" Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
4.	Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan)FDA Link 06/01/1993 - "We conclude that steroid and cyclophosphamide every other month is highly effective in achieving remission in patients with membranous nephropathy." 07/01/2001 - "CONCLUSIONS: Cyclophosphamide is effective in the treatment of patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy and deterioration of renal function" 04/01/2002 - "While lupus membranous nephropathy has attracted limited study, preliminary work suggests a role for cyclophosphamide" 10/01/1987 - "A controlled trial of cyclophosphamide in patients with membranous glomerulonephritis." 12/01/1974 - "Controlled trial of cyclophosphamide in idiopathic membranous nephropathy." Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
5.	Adrenal Cortex Hormones (Corticosteroids)IBA 07/01/2003 - "Good results with cytotoxic drugs, often associated with corticosteroids, also have been reported in progressive membranous nephropathy" 06/01/1995 - "Corticosteroids or alkylating therapy did not improve renal survival in idiopathic membranous glomerulopathy" 04/15/1992 - "Alternate-day treatment with corticosteroids is often recommended for nephrotic patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy, but this approach has not been proved beneficial" 05/01/1982 - "Membranous glomerulonephropathy: there is no significant effect of treatment with corticosteroids." 01/01/2003 - "Oral corticosteroids with hemodialysis allowed to obtain complete regression of ARF and partial remission of membranous glomerulonephritis" Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
6.	MethylprednisoloneFDA LinkGeneric 11/01/1987 - "Methylprednisolone in patients with membranous nephropathy and declining renal function." 01/01/1989 - "The effect of pulse intravenous methylprednisolone therapy followed by oral immunosuppression was evaluated in ten patients with idiopathic membranous glomerulonephritis who had developed progressive renal failure--a group generally considered to have a poor prognosis" 01/01/1986 - "Progression of membranous nephropathy to acute crescentic rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and response to pulse methylprednisolone." 02/01/2006 - "A randomized pilot trial comparing methylprednisolone plus a cytotoxic agent versus synthetic adrenocorticotropic hormone in idiopathic membranous nephropathy." 11/01/1995 - "A 10-year follow-up of a randomized study with methylprednisolone and chlorambucil in membranous nephropathy." Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
7.	rituximab (Mabthera)FDA Link 04/01/2008 - "Four membranous glomerulonephritis patients achieved sustained remission with rituximab therapy" 09/01/2007 - "Thus, B cell titrated as effectively as standard rituximab treatment achieves B cell depletion and idiopathic membranous nephropathy remission but is fourfold less expensive, allowing for more than 10,000 euros, approximately $13,000 in savings per patient" 11/01/2008 - "Effects of rituximab on morphofunctional abnormalities of membranous glomerulopathy." 08/01/2008 - "Rituximab in membranous nephropathy." 08/01/2008 - "Response to 'Rituximab in membranous nephropathy'." Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
8.	SteroidsIBA 03/01/2002 - "When steroids and immunosuppressive drugs were the only available pharmacological agents used to treat membranous nephropathy, nephrologists were polarized into two groups, those supporting therapy on the basis of the results achieved in controlled trials and those opposed to therapy who contended that the side-effects of therapy were too severe to consider in a disease with a relatively benign course" 01/01/1991 - "In membranous nephropathy, the data strongly support a positive effect in this disorder, but there have been no control trials thus far to indicate the risk-benefit ratio, the need for adjunctive therapy such as steroids, or what to expect in terms of time to response or duration of response" 05/01/2000 - "Treatment of idiopathic membranous glomerulonephritis with steroids and immunosuppressors]" 04/01/1993 - "The treatment of membranous glomerulonephropathy with steroids and immunosuppressive drugs may modify the course of the disease, at least in a subset of patients with decreased and deteriorating renal function" 01/26/1989 - "What have we learned about the treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy with steroids?" Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
9.	CreatinineIBA 04/01/2007 - "Follow-up at 30 months showed consistent remission of membranous nephropathy, demonstrated by a serum creatinine level of 150 mumol/L, microalbuminuria of 107 mg/24 h and normal albuminemia of 43.7 g/l" 05/01/1991 - "PATIENTS: Eleven consecutive patients with biopsy-proven membranous glomerulonephritis and rising plasma creatinine levels over at least 6 months" 01/01/1987 - "Highest urine protein losses and 24-hour urine protein/creatinine ratios developed in dogs with membranous glomerulonephritis" 01/01/1981 - "All immunized rats developed membranous glomerulonephritis but creatinine clearance did not decrease" 08/01/1980 - "Correlation between endogenous creatinine clearance and relative interstitial volume of the renal cortex in patients with diffuse membranous glomerulonephritis having a normal serum creatinine concentration." Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
10.	Prednisolone (Predate)FDA LinkGeneric 01/01/1994 - "Prednisolone and immunosuppressive agent were most effective in these patients with membranous nephropathy" 02/01/1990 - "We have assessed the medium-term effect of a short course of high-dose, alternate-day prednisolone on adult nephrotic patients with membranous nephropathy, using a randomized, prospective, double-blind, controlled trial" 01/01/2005 - "She was diagnosed as membranous nephropathy by needle renal biopsy, and treated with prednisolone" 06/01/2001 - "He was diagnosed as having membranous nephropathy by renal biopsy and was treated with prednisolone" 01/01/1994 - "Increased FCsDex tended to normalize during prednisolone treatment in membranous nephropathy" Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
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Therapies and Procedures

1.	Aftercare (After-Treatment) 07/01/2004 - "Development of malignancy after treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy." 08/01/1992 - "Patients with membranous nephropathy showed a significant elevation of Leu 2a+DR+ cells after treatment with PSL" 02/01/2004 - "In both cases, renal biopsy revealed membranous nephropathy (MN), and the patients achieved remission after treatment with prednisolone" 08/01/1998 - "Three anti-HCV-positive patients with membranous nephropathy did not show significant remission of nephrotic proteinuria after treatment with interferon-alpha" 08/01/1995 - "We report a 16-year-old male who developed nephrotic syndrome related to membranous glomerulopathy with clinical and serological evidence of systemic lupus erythematosus after treatment with griseofulvin" Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
2.	Renal Dialysis (Hemodialysis) 05/01/1994 - "A case of a pregnant woman with membranous glomerulonephropathy requiring hemodialysis is described" 07/01/1976 - "One patient had biopsy-proven membranous glomerulonephropathy thirteen months prior to sudden and rapid decline in renal function necessitating hemodialysis" 04/01/2007 - "Idiopathic membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN) is a rare cause of end-stage renal failure, which can lead to chronic hemodialysis" 11/01/2005 - "We describe a case of parathyroid carcinoma in a 59-year-old female patient with end-stage renal disease secondary to membranous glomerulonephritis treated by hemodialysis since 1995" 11/01/2000 - "To assess the potential contribution of elementary decision analysis to evidence-based medicine in nephrology, the treatment of primary membranous nephropathy with nephrotic syndrome is taken as an example involving quantity and quality of life, and the treatment of uremic anemia in hemodialysis patients as an example involving economic constraints of interventions" Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
3.	Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation 10/01/2007 - "Membranous glomerulonephritis went into remission after the patient had received hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)." 11/01/2005 - "Membranous glomerulopathy in children given allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation." 08/01/2001 - "Membranous nephropathy after allogeneic peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cell transplantation--clinicopathologic manifestations of a rare chronic GVHD]" 11/01/2005 - "Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a common complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), but membranous glomerulopathy (MG) has rarely been described as a manifestation of chronic GVHD" 04/01/2003 - "Membranous nephropathy after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in a patient with aplastic anemia: a case report." Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
4.	Bone Marrow Transplantation (Transplantation, Bone Marrow) 10/01/2003 - "Membranous nephropathy associated with donor lymphocyte infusion following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation." 12/01/2006 - "Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis after membranous glomerulonephritis in remission: temporal diversity of glomerulopathy after bone marrow transplantation." 12/01/2002 - "Bone marrow transplantation can cause various rare kidney diseases such as membranous nephropathy and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis" 07/01/2006 - "Our findings raise the possibility that mutations or genetic polyporphisms in MME or other genes expressed by the podocyte are involved in alloimmune-mediated development of membranous nephropathy after kidney or bone marrow transplantation." 01/01/1989 - "Membranous nephropathy after bone marrow transplantation in ciclosporin treatment." Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
5.	Diet Therapy (Therapy, Diet) 01/01/1995 - "The long-term (7-12 month) antihyperlipidemic therapy (diet and lovastatin) in 20 patients with CGN accompanied by the nephrotic syndrome caused a significant reduction in the concentration of serum cholesterol and proteinuria, a significant increase in serum albumin levels; remission of the nephrotic syndrome occurred in 9 patients; but better effects were observed in non-inflammatory nephropathies, such as membranous nephropathy, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, and nephrosclerosis." Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
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