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  • Title: Effect of early plasmapheresis and immunosuppressive therapy on natural history of anti-glomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis: report of a 22-month follow-up.
    Author: Bruns FJ, Stachura I, Adler S, Segel DP.
    Journal: Arch Intern Med; 1979 Mar; 139(3):372-4. PubMed ID: 426585.
    Abstract:
    A patient with anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM)-mediated necrotizing and proliferative glomerulonephritis with crescents was treated with plasmapheresis, cyclophosphamide, and steroids. Treatment resulted in decreased circulating anti-GBM antibody and prompt improvement of renal function that remained stable for 15 months after all treatment was discontinued. Renal biopsies were performed initially, at seven and 17 months. Immunofluorescent examination showed that anti-GBM antibody continued to be present on GBMs although light and electron microscopic findings demonstrated a transformation to a form of sclerosing glomerulonephritis. To our knowledge, this patient's course is the first demonstration that early treatment with plasmapheresis and immunosuppressions may transform the histologic findings in anti-GBM-induced rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, thereby altering the natural history of this disease.
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