Ch 338: Glomerular Diseases

Question 1

What is glomerulonephritis?

Answer 1

Inflammation of the glomerular capillaries

Question 2

Antiglomerular basement membrane disease producing ____________ ________ primarily injures both the ____ and ______ because of the narrow distribution of the α3 NC1 domain of type IV collagen that is the target antigen.

Answer 2

Goodpasture’s syndrome

lung and kidney