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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1987;30(3):305-308. Published online March 31, 1987.

A Case of Thin Basement Membrane Nephropathy.

Byung Soo Cho¹, Chang Il Ahn¹, Hyun Soon Lee²

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University
²Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University

Abstract

Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University Basement membrane nephropathy is regarded as a separate disease entity recently by many authors. We have experienced a case of Thin Basement Membrane Nephropathy in a 4 years old female patient. The Glomerular Basement Membrane is thinned out measuring 1,000 A to 1,400 A. thickness having smooth inner and outer contour. In addition to the case report, a review of recent literatures were discussed.

Keywords :Microscopic hematuria, Thin basement membrane nephropathy.