Open AccessDE NOVO COLLAPSING GLOMERULOPATHY IN RENAL ALLOGRAFTS1
Author(s) -
Shane M. Meehan,
Manuel Pascual,
Winfred W. Williams,
Nina Tolkoff-Rubin,
F L Delmonico,
A. Benedict Cosimi,
Robert B. Colvin
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-199805150-00009
Subject(s) - medicine , pathology , transplantation , population , glomerulopathy , lesion , glomerulonephritis , kidney , environmental health
Collapsing glomerulopathy is a recently described form of glomerular injury characterized by capillary collapse and visceral epithelial hypercellularity associated with nephrotic range proteinuria and a rapid, progressive decline in renal function. The lesion has rarely been described in allografts.