anti-glomerular basement membrane: a rare cause of renal failure in children
;Indira Agarwal;Ahmad Al-Ghitany
15th ibero-american conference on software engineering, cibse 20122017Vol. 28pp. 379-383
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Abstract
Anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) disease is a rare cause of acute renal failure and known to have bad prognosis regarding renal functions recovery and patient survival specially when diagnosed late and presents with severe renal failure that requires dialysis. We report a case of 11-year-old child with acute renal failure secondary to anti-GBM disease and associated with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive vasculitis. He was treated with plasmapheresis, steroids, and cyclophosphamide with recovery of his kidney functions.