RT Book, Section
A1 Nachman, Patrick H.
A1 Denu-Ciocca, Cynthia J.
A2 Lerma, Edgar V.
A2 Berns, Jeffrey S.
A2 Nissenson, Allen R.
SR Print(0)
ID 6336456
T1 Chapter 31. Vasculitides
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Nephrology & Hypertension
YR 2009
FD 2009
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-144787-4
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6336456
RD 2023/03/22
AB Vasculitides  affecting  the  kidneys  are  typically  associated  with  hematuria  and  proteinuria,  frequently  presenting  as  a  rapidly  progressive  glomerulonephritis.Glomerular  injury  occurs  in  the  setting  of  the  small  vessel  vasculitides,  associated  with  antineutrophil  cytoplasmic  autoantibodies  (ANCA),  antiglomerular  basement  membrane  antibodies  (anti-GBM),  or  the  presence  of  immune  complex  formation  such  as  with  Henoch–Schönlein  purpura  (HSP),  cryoglobulinemic  vasculitis,  and  systemic  lupus  erythematosus  (SLE).They  may  affect  the  kidneys  alone,  but  are  more  frequently  part  of  a  multiorgan  disease  that  may  affect  the  skin,  upper  and  lower  respiratory  tracts,  and  the  musculoskeletal,  gastrointestinal,  and  nervous  systems.