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Clinical and experimental rheumatology
To evaluate whether the presence of glomerulonephritis is or is not associated with the extent of... more To evaluate whether the presence of glomerulonephritis is or is not associated with the extent of arterial wall inflammatory cell infiltrate in Takayasu arthritis (TA). Retrospective chart and pathology review of large artery and kidney specimens of TA autopsy cases. Kidney specimens were classified, according to their histopathological findings, in those with specific glomerular entities and those with non-specific, ischemic and/or hypertensive, glomerular changes. A control group of autopsy kidney specimens was utilized for comparison. Morphometric analysis was used to assess the extent of the arterial inflammatory infiltrates; results were compared among the different groups with kidney lesions. We included 25 kidney specimens from 25 autopsies. Specific glomerular entities were present in 14 specimens; 10 (40%) were classified as diffuse mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (DMPG [Group A]), and 4 (16%) as other associated glomerulopathies (Group B). Non-specific changes w...
Clinical and experimental rheumatology
To evaluate whether the presence of glomerulonephritis is or is not associated with the extent of... more To evaluate whether the presence of glomerulonephritis is or is not associated with the extent of arterial wall inflammatory cell infiltrate in Takayasu arthritis (TA). Retrospective chart and pathology review of large artery and kidney specimens of TA autopsy cases. Kidney specimens were classified, according to their histopathological findings, in those with specific glomerular entities and those with non-specific, ischemic and/or hypertensive, glomerular changes. A control group of autopsy kidney specimens was utilized for comparison. Morphometric analysis was used to assess the extent of the arterial inflammatory infiltrates; results were compared among the different groups with kidney lesions. We included 25 kidney specimens from 25 autopsies. Specific glomerular entities were present in 14 specimens; 10 (40%) were classified as diffuse mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (DMPG [Group A]), and 4 (16%) as other associated glomerulopathies (Group B). Non-specific changes w...