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Preferred term

Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An autoimmune disease of the KIDNEY and the LUNG. It is characterized by the presence of circulating autoantibodies targeting the epitopes in the non-collagenous domains of COLLAGEN TYPE IV in the basement membranes of kidney glomeruli (KIDNEY GLOMERULUS) and lung alveoli (PULMONARY ALVEOLI), and the subsequent destruction of these basement membranes. Clinical features include pulmonary alveolar hemorrhage and glomerulonephritis.

Entry terms

  • Anti-GBM Disease
  • Goodpasture's Syndrome
  • Goodpasture Syndrome
  • Lung Purpura with Nephritis

In other languages

  • French

  • Glomérulonéphrite extracapillaire par anticorps antimembrane basale glomérulaire
  • Maladie à anticorps anti-GBM
  • Maladie à anticorps anti-membrane basale
  • Maladie à anticorps antimembrane basale glomérulaire
  • Maladie avec anticorps antimembrane basale glomérulaire
  • Maladie par auto-anticorps anti-membrane basale glomérulaire
  • Syndrome de Goodpasture

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-X6RZGD5K-X

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