Goodpasture’s Syndrome
-A rapidly progressive syndrome of
glomerulonephritis and pulmonary hemorrhage, in association with antibodies to
glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) type IV collagen, detectable in plasma
by radioimmunoassay and by immunofluorescence techniques on muscle biopsy.
-These antibodies cross-react with the alveolar basement membrane, although...
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