Antiglomerular basement membrane disease

Glomerular damage Accelerated hypertension Systemic lupus erythematosus Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis Antiglomerular basement membrane disease... 

Serum complement levels are useful to distinguish between various forms of acute nephritis that may be due to either a primary renal disorder or a systemic disease. Glomerular diseases associated with decreased complement levels include systemic diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus, subacute bacterial endocarditis, and cryoglobulinemia, and renal diseases such as acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis. Glomerular diseases in which serum complement levels are normal include systemic diseases such as Goodpasture s syndrome and renal diseases such as IgG-IgA nephropathy, antiglomerular basement membrane disease, and immune-complex disease. 

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