Anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA) was first described in 1982 in a case of segmental necrotizing glomerulonephritis (Fig. 1). The first international ANCA workshop in 1989 delineated a standard immunofluorescence technique to test for ANCA in kidney biopsy specimen….
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a common genetic disease, affecting 1/400 to 1/1000 live births and is the fourth leading cause of end-stage kidney disease in adults. Both types of ADPKD (1 and 2) typically have…
Lupus nephritis occurs in up to 80% of patients with SLE, and is associated with significantly reduced survival. Interestingly, one of the first studies to describe lupus nephritis was written approximately 50 years ago (Fig. 1) and was…
