RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS IN SILICOTIC COAL-MINERS

1 January 1990

journal article
research article

Vol. 11 (2) , 61-65

Abstract

We review a series of 11 silicotic coal miners demonstrating a progressive renal failure with a syndrome of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. Renal biopsies reveal crescentic glomerulonephritides associated three times with angitis. These cases confirm that silica induced glomerulonephritides can be an occupational hazard and warrant further clincial and epidemiological research.

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