Open AccessA Systematic Method for Categorizing GN
Author(s) -
Richard J. Johnson,
Stuart J. Shankland,
M. Scott Lucia
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.451
H-Index - 279
eISSN - 1533-3450
pISSN - 1046-6673
DOI - 10.1681/asn.2015101160
Subject(s) - medicine , renal biopsy , nephrotic syndrome , biopsy , minimal change disease , proteinuria , membranous nephropathy , pathology , renal pathology , etiology , kidney , disease , glomerulonephritis , nephropathy , kidney disease , focal segmental glomerulosclerosis , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus
In the 1820s, the diagnosis of glomerular disease was strictly clinical and on the basis of clinical presentation and the presence of proteinuria, which was conveniently determined by placing a lit candle under a spoon of urine to determine if it congealed into a protein-rich precipitate on heating
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