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glomerulosclerosis

Wednesday 12 May 2004

glomerular fibrosis

Types

 focal glomerulosclerosis (segmental glomerulosclerosis)

  • FSGS (focal segmental glomerulosclerosis)
  • peripheral segmental glomerulosclerosis
  • FSGS tip lesion

 diffuse glomerulosclerosis (global glomerulosclerosis)
 collapsing glomerulosclerosis (collapsing glomerulopathy)
 nodualr glomerulosclerosis in diabetic nephropathy

References

 Padiyar A, Sedor JR. Genetic and genomic approaches to glomerulosclerosis. Curr Mol Med. 2005 Aug;5(5):497-507. PMID: 16101479