Goodpasture's syndrome in children.
Goodpasture's syndrome is an autoimmune disease that has rarely been described in children, and only 21 cases have been reported till now. Here is a case of a 9-year-old boy who was diagnosed to have Goodpasture's syndrome.
Poddar
Banani
B
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India. bananip@sgpgi.ac.in
Singhal
Sanjay
S
Azim
Afzal
A
Gulati
Sanjeev
S
Baronia
Arvind
A
D019867:Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D011859:Radiography; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents