title: Fatal pulmonary haemorrhage and crescentic glomerulonephritis without autoantibodies: a paediatric case report.
abstract: The case of an 8-year-old girl who had a fatal pulmonary haemorrhage and crescentic glomerulonephritis without autoantibodies is presented. Circulating anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies, circulating immune complexes and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies were not detected. To our knowledge this is the youngest reported case of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomizawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuroume
mesh_terms: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000032:analysis; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D001323:Autoantibodies