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. 1982 May 1;284(6325):1297–1298. doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6325.1297

Sarcoidosis and membranous glomerulonephritis: a significant association.

R G Taylor, C Fisher, B I Hoffbrand
PMCID: PMC1498173  PMID: 6803947

Abstract

Three patients were seen who had sarcoidosis associated with glomerulonephritis. Subsequent review of published reports of cases in which the two conditions occurred simultaneously showed a pattern of histological type of glomerulonephritis different from that seen in patients without associated disease. In sarcoidosis with glomerulonephritis there appeared to be a dearth of minimal-change disease and an excess of membranous glomerulonephritis compared with the prevalence that would be expected if the renal disease was merely a chance occurrence. These findings may provide evidence for an important relation between sarcoidosis and glomerulonephritis.

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