These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Glomerulonephritis associated with polymyositis.
    Author: Dyck RF, Katz A, Gordon DA, Johnson M, Shainhouse Z, Cardella CJ, Bear RA.
    Journal: J Rheumatol; 1979; 6(3):336-44. PubMed ID: 490528.
    Abstract:
    Five patients with primary idiopathic polymyositis developed proteinuria associated with urine sediment abnormalities. Renal biopsies disclosed a focal mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis with deposits of immunoglobulin and complement. After treatment of the polymyositis with corticosteroids, proteinuria and urine sediment changes disappeared within 4 to 8 wk along with an improvement in the muscle disease. Although the pathogenesis remains to be determined, immune complexes may be implicated in the etiology of this renal lesion.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]