Membranous glomerulonephritis

Membranous glomerulonephritis
Other namesMembranous glomerulopathy, membranous nephritis, (epi)membranous nephropathy, extramembranous glomerulopathy, and perimembranous nephropathy.
Micrograph of membranous nephropathy showing prominent glomerular basement membrane spikes. Jones' stain.
SpecialtyNephrology 

Membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN) is a slowly progressive disease of the kidney affecting mostly people between ages of 30 and 50 years, usually white people (i.e., those of European, Middle Eastern, or North African ancestry.).

It is the second most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in adults, with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) recently becoming the most common.

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