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=Rare diseases=
=Rare diseases=
==Antiglomerular basement membrane disease==
*Abbreviated ''AGBM''.
===General===
*Rare - estimated incidence 1/1-2 million.<ref name=pmid20962523/>
*[[Antibody mediated hypersensitivity]].
*Thought to occur in genetically susceptible individuals.<ref name=pmid20962523>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Zhou | first1 = XJ. | last2 = Lv | first2 = JC. | last3 = Zhao | first3 = MH. | last4 = Zhang | first4 = H. | title = Advances in the genetics of anti-glomerular basement membrane disease. | journal = Am J Nephrol | volume = 32 | issue = 5 | pages = 482-90 | month =  | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1159/000321324 | PMID = 20962523 }}</ref>
**Associated with a specific HLA type (HLA-DRB1*1501) and two gene families.
**Antibodies directed against COL4A3,<ref>{{OMIM|120070}}</ref> which is ''not'' mutated.
===Microscopic===
Features:
*[[RPGN]].
**Crescentic glomerulonephritis.
===IF===
*Linear IgG deposits - '''diagnostic'''.
DDx:
*[[Goodpasture syndrome]] - has pulmonary hemorrhage.
==Goodpasture syndrome==
==Goodpasture syndrome==
*[[AKA]] Goodpasture disease.
*[[AKA]] Goodpasture disease.
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===IF===
===IF===
*Linear IgG deposits.
*Linear IgG deposits - '''key feature'''.


DDx:
DDx:
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