Atypical presentation of acute post-infectious glomerulonephritis in patients with sickle cell disease: report of two cases

Abstract Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a highly prevalent genetic disease worldwide. In the natural evolution of SCD, glomerular lesions can develop, presenting histopathological patterns of segmental or focal membranoproliferative glomerulosclerosis, with or without thrombotic microangiop...

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Main Authors: Precil Diego Miranda de Menezes Neves, Bernardo Vergara Reichert, Ramaiane Aparecida Bridi, Luis Yu, Cristiane Bitencourt Dias, Rafaela Brito Bezerra Pinheiro, Leonardo de Abreu Testagrossa, Lívia Barreira Cavalcante, Denise Maria Avancini Costa Malheiros, Lectícia Barbosa Jorge, Viktoria Woronik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-020-01715-x