Entering the exploded MeSH term 'glomerulonephritis' means the following terms are also automatically included in the search: anti-glomerular basement membrane disease, IgA, membranoproliferative, membranous, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, and lupus nephritis.
MY 18-year-old daughter was born eight weeks premature with hyaline membrane disease.
My pediatrician later explained that the illness was hyaline membrane disease, a lung affliction common in premature babies.
I WAS born prematurely with hyaline membrane disease, also called infant respiratory distress syndrome.
The Times later reported, "The attending physicians certified to a diagnosis of prematurity and hyaline membrane disease... a lung disorder that takes the lives of about half of the 50,000 babies who contract it every year".
At the time, the malady was called hyaline membrane disease because glassy membranes were found in autopsies of infants who had gasped for breath and quickly died.
In particular, scientists discovered that hyaline membrane disease resulted from a deficiency of surfactant, a substance that lines the air sacs in the lungs.
Patrick died just 39 hours after his birth, a victim of what was then the most common cause of death among premature infants in the United States, killing an estimated 25,000 babies each year: hyaline membrane disease, now known as respiratory distress syndrome.
To report a case of anti-glomerular basement membrane disease (anti-GBM disease) during alemtuzumab treatment of a relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patient.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether hyaline membrane disease is increased in newborn infants who are born to women with preeclampsia compared with control subjects.
Two of these patients developed anti-glomerular basement membrane disease, a condition which may result in renal failure unless treated aggressively.
