Polycythemia vera and glomerulonephritis

Plomley, R.F.; Sullivan, J.R.; Whitworth, J.A.; Kincaid-Smith, P.S.; Fairley, K.F.; Brown, R.W.; Plomley, R.F; Sullivan, J.R; Whitworth, J.A; Kincaid-Smith, P.S; Fairley, K.F; Brown, R.W

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Polycythemia vera and glomerulonephritis

Plomley, R.F.; Sullivan, J.R.; Whitworth, J.A.; Kincaid-Smith, P.S.; Fairley, K.F.; Brown, R.W.

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine 13(2): 125-129

1983

ISSN/ISBN: 0004-8291

PMID: 6577831

Document Number: 219489

Six patients with polycythemia vera and proteinuria are described. Three patients had histologically defined glomerulonephritis. It is proposed that there is an association between polycythemia vera and the development of glomerulonephritis. Possible pathogenetic mechanisms are discussed.