Membranous glomerulonephritis risk factors

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Syed Ahsan Hussain, M.D.[2]

Overview

The most common risk factors of membranous glomerulonephritis include SLE and drugs like captopril, penicilliamine.

The most common risk factors of membranous glomerulonephritis includes:^[1]^[2]^[3]
- Gold
- Penicilliamine
- Captopril
- Systemic Lupus Erythematousis

Less common risk factors in the development of membranous glomerulonephritis include:^[1]^[4]
- Sickle cell anemia
- Sarcoidosis

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Wasserstein AG (April 1997). “Membranous glomerulonephritis”. J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 8 (4): 664–74. PMID 10495797.
↑ Reichert, LJ; Koene, RA; Wetzels, JF (1998). “Prognostic factors in idiopathic membranous nephropathy”. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 31 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1053/ajkd.1998.v31.pm9428445. ISSN 0272-6386.
↑ Troyanov, S.; Roasio, L.; Pandes, M.; Herzenberg, A.M.; Cattran, D.C. (2006). “Renal pathology in idiopathic membranous nephropathy: A new perspective”. Kidney International. 69 (9): 1641–1648. doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000289. ISSN 0085-2538.
↑ Reichert, LJ; Koene, RA; Wetzels, JF (1998). “Prognostic factors in idiopathic membranous nephropathy”. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 31 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1053/ajkd.1998.v31.pm9428445. ISSN 0272-6386.