RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE (CRESCENTIC) GLOMERULONEPHRITIS (RPGN)

idiopathic (primary)

idiopathic RPGN

associated with or secondary to systemic disease:

postinfectious (post-streptococcal)

Henoch-Schonlein purpura

systemic lupus erythematosus

vasculitis, eg. polyarteritis nodosa

Wegener's granulomatosis

mixed essential cryoglobulinaemia

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