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Glomerular Disease in the Elderly

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This is a brief review of glomerular disease in the elderly. The incidence of glomerula disease (GD) in the elderly is relatively higher than in young adults. This has been attributed to the increase in malignancies and in the use of a variety of drugs. The histopathological change in the elderly includes extracapillary proliferation, membranoproliferation, membranous nephropathy, focal-segmental glomerulosclerosis, mesangial glomerulonephritis, minimal change disease and diabetic glomerulosclerosis. In the elderly, postinfectious GN may account for a higher proportion in the elderly.

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    Nages Nagaratnam & Kujan Nagaratnam

  2. Rehabilitation and Aged Care Service, Blacktown-Mt Druitt Hospital, Mount Druitt, NSW, Australia

    Gary Cheuk

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Nagaratnam, N., Nagaratnam, K., Cheuk, G. (2018). Glomerular Disease in the Elderly. In: Geriatric Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33434-9_30

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