{"title":"Glomerular disease","authors":"Richard Baines","doi":"10.1016/j.mpfou.2008.06.022","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Glomerular disease has a variety of presentations that may be commonly encountered in clinical practice. The list of potential causes is extensive, but by focusing on the clinical presentation a swifter diagnosis may be reached. This article focuses on how basic investigations are used in everyday practice to inform an eventual diagnosis. Often, therapies for </span>glomerular dysfunction<span> are not disease-specific but rather directed against recognized risk factors for progression of chronic kidney disease. These are discussed, and safeguards for treating individuals with glomerular disease are described.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":101230,"journal":{"name":"The Foundation Years","volume":"4 5","pages":"Pages 194-198"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2008-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.mpfou.2008.06.022","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Foundation Years","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1744188908001187","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Glomerular disease has a variety of presentations that may be commonly encountered in clinical practice. The list of potential causes is extensive, but by focusing on the clinical presentation a swifter diagnosis may be reached. This article focuses on how basic investigations are used in everyday practice to inform an eventual diagnosis. Often, therapies for glomerular dysfunction are not disease-specific but rather directed against recognized risk factors for progression of chronic kidney disease. These are discussed, and safeguards for treating individuals with glomerular disease are described.