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Acute glomerulonephritis has a clear age-related presentation and prognosis. In children and young adults, acute glomerulonephritis is often associated with recent streptococcal infection, producing hematuria, heavy proteinuria, edema, hypertension, and in many cases, the development of pulmonary congestion. The prognosis is generally good in poststreptococcal disease but variable in nonnoslslreptococcal cases. In elderly patients, Ihe [...]

Traditionally, age was thought to play an important role in the pathogenesis of nephrotic syndromes (eg, the likelihood of minimal-change disease decreases and that of amyloidosis increases with age). However, clinical und biopsy data from a large number of elderly nephrotic patients now indicate that, in general, age has no impact on the frequency of [...]