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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