Contribution of Electron Microscopy to the Clinicopathologic Diagnosis in Childhood Glomerular Renal Diseases.

CONCLUSION: Electron microscopic evaluation supports other histopathological diagnoses in most cases, contributes additional diagnostic information in pediatric glomerular disease, especially in FSGS, thin glomerular basement membrane nephropathy, Alport disease, MPGN, and dense deposit disease, and its utilization should clinically justify the increase in cost and testing time. PMID: 30942128 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Fetal and Pediatric Pathology - Category: Pathology Tags: Fetal Pediatr Pathol Source Type: research