Nikolas
Created page with "Acute (diffuse) glomerulonephritis (acute <abbr>GN</abbr>) is a term for many disorders that can cause acute inflammation of the glomeruli. It comprises 10% of the cases of parenchymal acute renal failure. There can be many causes for acute glomerulonephritis. Most of them have immunological background. Common for all of them is that the glomeruli are damaged. == Etiology == Common causes include: * Immunological ** Post-streptococcal (most frequent) ** Autoimmune (es..."