Allelic Variants of the Complement Genes in Acute Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis

Emre Leventoğlu; Betül Öğüt; İpek Işık Gönül; Kibriya Fidan; Oğuz Söylemezoğlu

doi:10.1055/a-2244-7935

Allelic Variants of the Complement Genes in Acute Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis

Klin Padiatr. 2024 Feb 8. doi: 10.1055/a-2244-7935. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Emre Leventoğlu¹, Betül Öğüt², İpek Işık Gönül², Kibriya Fidan¹, Oğuz Söylemezoğlu¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
² Department of Pathology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.

PMID: 38330998
DOI: 10.1055/a-2244-7935

Abstract

Acute postinfectious glomerulonephritis (APIGN) is one of the most common causes of acute glomerulonephritis in children. It may lead to inflammation and proliferation of glomerular tissue through immunologic mechanisms (Balasubramanian R, Paediatr Int Child Health 2017;37:240-247).