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Kidney Disease Section
Section Chief: Jeffrey B. Kopp, M.D.

Glomerular Disease Primer

The Kidney Diseases Branch, Kidney Disease Section has developed a Glomerular Disease Primer that presents kidney anatomy, physiology, and histology and several major glomerular diseases.

The Normal Kidney

Kidney Disease

Selected Glomerular Diseases

Therapy for Glomerular Disease

Last Reviewed October 2023