The importance of the clinical classification of chronic glomerulonephritis for the prognosis of its progression and of the efficacy of therapy

Ratner, M.I.; Serov, V.V.; Stenina, I.N.; Fedorova, N.D.; Shumakov, V.I.

Terapevticheskii Arkhiv 68(6): 10-13

1996


ISSN/ISBN: 0040-3660
PMID: 8771673
Document Number: 460830
A significant correlation exists between clinical types of chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN) in a new clinical classification and morphological CGN types according to classification of WHO experts. Rapid progression is significantly correlated with clinicomorphological variants of CGN represented by unfavorable clinical types and unfavorable morphological types. No rapid progression occurred in combination of clinically favourable types and morphologically favourable and unfavorable types. The above classification is recommended for practice.

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