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Mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis

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Throughout this chapter I will use the term mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis (MCGN); identical morphological appearances are given the name (especially in the United States) of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN). As with other forms of glomerulonephritis, for example membranous nephropathy, the condition can occur as a ‘secondary’ consequence of a variety of extrarenal/systemic disorders or as a ‘primary’ (idiopathic) form, the renal lesion in these two situations being indistinguishable by light microscopy alone. As with membranous nephropathy, careful analysis of ‘secondary’ cases may give clues to the pathogenesis of the idiopathic form. Management of the ‘secondary’ forms is largely that of the underlying condition — if that condition can be eradicated the prognosis of the renal lesion is generally good. It is likely that the idiopathic form is not a single disease, resulting instead from a variety of possible conditions albeit with common features and probably with shared pathways leading to renal injury.

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Mathieson, P.W. (1999). Mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis. In: Pusey, C.D. (eds) The Treatment of Glomerulonephritis. Developments in Nephrology, vol 40. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-37972-2_5

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