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Thin basement membrane disease

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Marufa Marium, M.B.B.S[2]

Synonyms and keywords: Thin basement membrane disease[1]; Thin membrane nephropathy[2]; thin GBM nephropathy; thin GBM syndrome; benign familial hematuria [3]; benign familial essential hematuria; congenital hereditary hematuria; hereditary hematuria; familial hematuric nephritis; benign hereditary hematuric nephritis

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Case Studies

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  1. Takemura T, Yanagida H, Yagi K, Moriwaki K, Okada M (September 2003). “Alport syndrome and benign familial hematuria (thin basement membrane disease) in two brothers of a family with hematuria”. Clin. Nephrol. 60 (3): 195–200. doi:10.5414/cnp60195. PMID 14524583.
  2. Nieuwhof CM, de Heer F, de Leeuw P, van Breda Vriesman PJ (May 1997). “Thin GBM nephropathy: premature glomerular obsolescence is associated with hypertension and late onset renal failure”. Kidney Int. 51 (5): 1596–601. doi:10.1038/ki.1997.219. PMID 9150478.
  3. Marks MI, Drummond KN (October 1969). “Benign familial hematuria”. Pediatrics. 44 (4): 590–3. PMID 4899625.

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