title: Morphological and clinical aspects of membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis in children.
abstract: Clinical and morphological studies were carried out in 34 children with the diagnosis of primary membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis. The studies were prompted by an increasing incidence of this type of glomerulonephritis in Poland in the light of its regular decrease in the world. We found: (a) a number of discrepancies in the clinical manifestations and course of the disease in our children as compared with those in the literature; (b) difficulties in morphological diagnosis; (c) a frequent lack of correlation between the severity of morphological changes and the clinical course. It is of note that our series includes a large group of children below 6 years of age, which is a rare phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathomorphology, Medical Academy, Poznań.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Salwa-Zurawska
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bortkiewicz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Woźniak
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dworacki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maciejewski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015432:Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis