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HIV associated nephropathy differential diagnosis
Introduction
Overview
Overview
HIV-associated nephropathy must be differentiated form other diseases that cause focal segmental glomerulonephritis, high grade proteinuria, and elevated serum creatinine levels.
Differential Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
HIV-associated nephropathy must be differentiated form other diseases that cause focal segmental glomerulonephritis, high grade proteinuria, and elevated serum creatinine levels.
Differentiating HIV-Associated Nephropathy from Other Diseases
Glomerular disease that present with similar characteristics of HIV-associated nephropathy must be differentiated from other glomerular disease that may occur in patients that are HIV-1 affected. They are:[1]
- Focal segmental glomerulonephritis
- Diabetic nephropathy
- Membranous nephropathy
- Postinfectious glomerulonephritis
- Lupus nephritis
- Antiglomerular basement membrane disease
- ANCA-associated vasculitis
- IgA nephropathy
- HIV-1 associated immune complex disease
- Minimal change nephropathy
- Thrombotic microangiopathy
- Renal amyloidosis
- Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis Â
References
References
- ↑ Atta MG, Lucas GM, Fine DM (2008). “HIV-associated nephropathy: epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and management”. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 6 (3): 365–71. doi:10.1586/14787210.6.3.365. PMID 18588500.
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