Rheumatoid Arthritis and Pla2r-associated Mebranous Nephropathy . Cause or Coincidence?
Lara Perea-Ortega,
Ana Muñoz-Sánchez,
Myriam León-Fradejas
et al.
Abstract:Background: Rheumatoid arthritis affects 0.5% of adults in our country. It is an inflammatory disease that predominantly affects the joints causing destruction of the articular cartilage. Approximately 50% of patients present with extra-articular manifestations. Renal involvement is relatively frequent and clinically significant because it worsens the course and mortality of the primary disease. The histological renal damage observed in such patients includes a wide variety of entities and histological pattern… Show more
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