Long-Term Outcome of Anti–Glomerular Basement Membrane Antibody Disease Treated with Plasma Exchange and Immunosuppression

Anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) antibody disease is an autoantibody-mediated disorder that usually presents as rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, often with pulmonary hemorrhage (the Goodpasture syndrome). It is reported that patients with severe renal failure do not generally recover renal function.To examine the long-term outcome of severe anti-GBM antibody disease.Retrospective review of patients treated for confirmed anti-GBM...