[Clinico-pathogenetic characteristics of hematuric glomerulonephritis].

Criteria for the diagnosis of hematuric nephritis (HemN) are proposed. Based on these criteria a group of patients (n = 157) was formed. As a result of the observation of many years, the main variants of HemN were characterized and its etiological polymorphism was demonstrated. The investigation of the immune status of the patients with HemN, of hemostasis and fibrinolysis and the data of light, optic and electron microscopy of the renal tissue made it possible to demonstrate the pathogenetic originality of HemN and thus to regard it as a separate clinical pattern of chronic glomerulonephritis.