title: Evaluation of change with time of glomerular morphology in membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis: a serial biopsy study of 33 cases.
abstract: The evolution of renal glomerular lesions was examined in biopsies taken from 33 patients with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN). 25 patients had a diffuse form of MPGN in the first biopsy (group A). Twenty-four of them still showed diffuse MPGN in subsequent biopsies, but one patient improved clinically and histologically 19 years after the initial biopsy. Out of 6 patients with focal MPGN in the first biopsy (group B), 4 developed diffuse MPGN, one remained with focal MPGN in the repeat biopsy, and another one was found in remission, as determined by both histological and clinical features. Group C represents two patients who had no histological findings of MPGN on initial biopsy but later showed evidence of a diffuse form of MPGN on subsequent biopsies. Thus, the focal form of MPGN may be found either in the development of diffuse MPGN or in its healing stage, and the prognosis will vary accordingly.
authors.affiliation: Alexander-von-Humboldt-Foundation, Bonn, FRG.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bohle
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D015432:Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors