title: Abnormal glomerular basement membrane in idiopathic multicentric osteolysis.
abstract: The primary cause of nephropathy in idiopathic multicentric osteolysis is as yet unknown. We report a young girl with idiopathic multicentric osteolysis and nephropathy. An abnormal glomerular basement membrane was the only abnormality found in a renal biopsy taken 2 years before the development of end-stage renal failure. We believe that this biopsy finding represents or is related to the unknown primary lesion causing nephropathy in idiopathic multicentric osteolysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Bakker
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Vos
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Verschure
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Mulder
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Tiebosch
mesh_terms: D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001706:Biopsy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010015:Osteolysis, Essential / Q000150:complications*