title: Focal glomerulonephritis.
abstract: Focal glomerulonephritis show a pathologic involvement of some glometuli and a normal aspect of the others. It happens in many different kidney diseases as SLE. Shonlein-Henoch syndrome, Goodpasture syndrome, recurrent hematuria. Although focal by light microscopy there is a diffuse pattern of immunoglobulins revealed by immunofluorescence techniques. There are clearly several different pathogenetic mechanisms and the factors which deterline the focal nature of the entity are poorly understood.
mesh_terms: D019867:Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease / Q000473:pathology; D000917:Antibody Formation; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D006417:Hematuria / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000473:pathology; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D007136:Immunoglobulins