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LUNG HAEMORRHAGE AND NEPHRITIS (GOODPASTURE'S SYNDROME)
Author(s) -
Heale W. F.,
Matthiesson A. M.,
Niall J. F.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1969.tb107130.x
Subject(s) - goodpasture's syndrome , medicine , goodpasture syndrome , nephritis , lung , lung transplantation , intensive care medicine , dialysis , glomerulonephritis , kidney , glomerular basement membrane
Two patients with lung hæmorrhage and nephritis (Goodpasture's syndrome) are described. It is suggested that the effectiveness of long‐term steroid therapy in this condition is uncertain and that cases that remit may do so spontaneously. If the condition progresses despite drug therapy, chronic dialysis or renal transplantation should be considered.