Dense deposit disease
Synonyms: Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type 2
A histological subtype of C3 glomerulopathy characterized by C3 deposition in renal tissue in the absence or near-absence of immunoglobulin deposits in a patient with the classic clinical features of glomerulonephritis and electron microscopic findings of highly electron-dense intra-membranous osmiophilic deposits.
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