| Literature DB >> 33629780 |
Louise Helander1,2, Melisha Hanna2,3, Kyle Annen3,4.
Abstract
Anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) disease is a rarely described entity in the pediatric population, especially in those less than 3 years old. Even rarer, is double seropositive disease, consisting of anti-GBM antibody plus anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies. Both single and double antibody positive diseases are characterized by rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, often without pulmonary involvement in the pediatric population. We report the case of a 2-year-old child with double seropositive anti-GBM disease, the youngest in the current literature, along with the role of therapeutic plasma exchange and rituximab in disease treatment.Entities:
Keywords: ANCA; Goodpasture's disease; anti-GBM; kidney; pediatrics
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Year: 2021 PMID: 33629780 DOI: 10.1002/jca.21886
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Apher ISSN: 0733-2459 Impact factor: 2.821