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Do you recommend initiating immunosuppression and plasmapheresis in patients with dialysis dependent AKI in the setting of anti-GBM disease who do not have pulmonary involvement?

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Nephrology · Uab Spain Rehabilitation Center

Anti-GBM disease is a rare disorder (incidence perhaps 1:1,000,000 adults/year) that is characterized as a small vessel vasculitis mediated by anti-GBM antibodies directed against the alpha-3-chain of collagen IV in basement membranes. Perhaps half of patients have disease that involves both the kid...

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Do you recommend initiating immunosuppression and plasmapheresis in patients with dialysis dependent AKI in the setting of anti-GBM disease who do not have pulmonary involvement? | Mednet