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Glomerulonephritis Summary

Description: Inflammation of the renal glomeruli (KIDNEY GLOMERULUS) that can be classified by the type of glomerular injuries including antibody deposition, complement activation, cellular proliferation, and glomerulosclerosis. These structural and functional abnormalities usually lead to HEMATURIA; PROTEINURIA; HYPERTENSION; and RENAL INSUFFICIENCY.

Also Known As: Glomerulonephritides; Bright Disease

Networked: 10261 relevant articles (382 outcomes, 882 trials/studies) for this Disease

Key Drugs and Agents for Glomerulonephritis

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Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to treatments:
  1. Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA) : 29 outcomes 48 studies in 823 results : IBA
  2. Antigen-Antibody Complex (Immune Complex) : 26 outcomes 98 studies in 1410 results : IBA
  3. Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan) : 23 outcomes 20 studies in 174 results : FDA 10 Generic
  4. Immunoglobulin G (IgG) : 15 outcomes 32 studies in 542 results : IBA
  5. Creatinine : 12 outcomes 18 studies in 195 results : IBA
  6. Autoantibodies : 11 outcomes 18 studies in 372 results : IBA
  7. Methylprednisolone : 11 outcomes 5 studies in 71 results : FDA 18 Generic
  8. antiglomerular basement membrane antibody : 10 outcomes 33 studies in 335 results : IBA
  9. Cyclosporine (Ciclosporin) : 8 outcomes 5 studies in 80 results : FDA 20 Generic
  10. Idiopathic minimal change nephrotic syndrome : 7 outcomes 22 studies in 265 results : IBA
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Diseases Related to Glomerulonephritis

  1. Proteinuria
  2. Nephrotic Syndrome (Syndrome, Nephrotic)
  3. Vasculitis (Vasculitides)
  4. IGA Glomerulonephritis (IGA Nephropathy)
  5. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Libman-Sacks Disease)
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Key Therapies for Glomerulonephritis

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  1. Plasma Exchange : 11 outcomes 8 studies in 97 results
  2. Plasmapheresis : 11 outcomes 4 studies in 82 results
  3. Aftercare (After-Treatment) : 8 outcomes 2 studies in 28 results
  4. Transplants (Transplant) : 4 outcomes 13 studies in 337 results
  5. Kidney Transplantation : 3 outcomes 8 studies in 180 results
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