title: Fibrillary and immunotactoid glomerulopathies.
abstract: There is sufficient clinical and morphological evidence to suggest that Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis (FGN) and Immunotactoid (IT) Glomerulopathy are two different diseases. Is still open to debate if IT glomerulopathy is a distinct entity or is strictly associated with a spectrum of systemic syndromes ("forme fruste" of Cryoglobulin and paraprotein associated diseases). Further studies about pathogenetic mechanisms of fibril or microtubule formation may allow a better understanding of these diseases.
authors.affiliation: Renal Immunopathology Center, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Milan, Italy. Franco.Ferrario@oscb.sined.net
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferrario
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schiaffino
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boeri
mesh_terms: D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans