Glomerular diseases encompass a wide spectrum of conditions, characterized by injury to the glomeruli, resulting in the incorrect filtering of blood and excretion of waste products. Causes include ...
Patients with clear evidence of glomerular hematuria do not need to be evaluated for potentially serious urologic disease. Signs of glomerular bleeding include red cell casts (essentially ...
Filtration is dependent on the unique structure of the capillary wall comprising layers of two key cells types, glomerular endothelial cells (GEnC) and podocytes, separated by a specialised basement ...