Glomerulonephritis/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Glomerulonephritis.

Inflammation of the renal glomeruli (kidney glomerulus) that can be classified by the type of glomerular injuries including antibody deposition, complement activation, cellular proliferation, and glomerulosclerosis.