Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody
- Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody
Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody (anti-GBM) is an antibody which is found in Goodpasture's syndrome but not found in microscopic polyangiitis.
Some sources consider "anti-GBM disease" and "Goodpasture disease" to be synonomyous terms describing histological presentation, reserving the term "Goodpasture syndrome" for clinical presentation. [eMedicine|ped|117]
ee also
* glomerular basement membrane
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