Braun N, Erley CM, Benda N, Zauner I, Kanis R, Grupp C, Ackerman M, Heering P, Funfstuck R, Risler T
Therapy of membranous glomerulonephritis with nephrotic syndrome. Five year follow-up of a prospective, randomized study
Am Soc Nephrol
J Am Soc Nephrol (abstract) (Nov) 6:413 1995

The authors randomized 105 patients with idiopathic membranous GN to either the Ponticelli protocol with methyl-prednisolone/chlorambucil, the deSanto protocol with prednisone/cyclosporine or symptomatic treatment as a control group. They found no difference in rates of remission; doubling of serum creatinine was found in 20% of patients irrespective of treatment modality. They conclude that cytotoxic therapy should be revised critically in the majority of patients with MGN. (Krane)

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Proteinuria/Hematuria : Membranous GN