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Glomerular diseases comprise numerous entities with diverse clinical manifestations, morphologic expression, and pathogenesis. A fundamental concept to embrace when a glomerular disease is encountered is that the alterations seen represent a pattern of injury, not a specific disease entity. For most injury patterns, there are primary or idiopathic cases and multiple secondary causes that may have a different prognosis and merit a different clinical response. Thoughtful consideration of the clinical features and laboratory data, as well as direct conversation with the clinician, is crucial to arriving at the correct diagnosis
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Bonsib, S.M. (2013). Glomerular Diseases. In: Atlas of Medical Renal Pathology. Atlas of Anatomic Pathology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7150-9_6
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