TY - JOUR
T1 - Membranous glomerulonephritis associated with inflammatory demyelinating peripheral neuropathies
AU - Panjwani, M.
AU - Truong, Luan
AU - Eknoyan, G.
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PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - A 55-year-old man with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy developed the nephrotic syndrome. Renal biopsy showed stage I membranous glomerulonephritis. Review of the literature revealed the association of these two rare syndromes, considered to be due to immunologic dysfunction, in two other cases, as well as several cases of the acute form of demyelinating peripheral polyradiculoneuropathy. The nephrotic syndrome appears to be persistent in the chronic form of the peripheral neuropathy but reversible in its acute form following immunosuppressive therapy. The possibility of a common immunopathogenesis in the association of membranous glomerulonephritis and inflammatory demyelinating peripheral neuropathies deserves further scrutiny.
AB - A 55-year-old man with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy developed the nephrotic syndrome. Renal biopsy showed stage I membranous glomerulonephritis. Review of the literature revealed the association of these two rare syndromes, considered to be due to immunologic dysfunction, in two other cases, as well as several cases of the acute form of demyelinating peripheral polyradiculoneuropathy. The nephrotic syndrome appears to be persistent in the chronic form of the peripheral neuropathy but reversible in its acute form following immunosuppressive therapy. The possibility of a common immunopathogenesis in the association of membranous glomerulonephritis and inflammatory demyelinating peripheral neuropathies deserves further scrutiny.
KW - acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
KW - chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
KW - Guillain-Barre syndrome
KW - membranous glomerulonephritis
KW - Nephrotic syndrome
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U2 - 10.1016/S0272-6386(96)90554-5
DO - 10.1016/S0272-6386(96)90554-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 8659507
AN - SCOPUS:0030041902
SN - 0272-6386
VL - 27
SP - 279
EP - 283
JO - American Journal of Kidney Diseases
JF - American Journal of Kidney Diseases
IS - 2
ER -