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Hematuria, Benign, Familial
Important
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Synonyms
- Hematuria, Benign, Recurrent
- Hematuria, Essential
- Nephropathy, Thin-Basement-Membrane
- Nephropathy, Thin Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease
Disorder Subdivisions
- None
General Discussion
Benign familial hematuria, also known as thin-basement-membrane nephropathy, is a kidney disease that usually begins during childhood. The disorder is characterized by the presence of red blood cells in the urine (hematuria). The blood in the urine may be present in microscopic amounts (microscopic hematuria) and not visible to the eye, present in small amounts that give the urine a "cloudy" or "smoky" appearance, or easily visible. Many individuals with the disorder have abnormalities of the kidney's glomeruli, the clusters of small blood vessels (capillaries) that normally filter the blood passing through the kidneys (glomeruli filtration). In such cases, the membrane (basement membrane) supporting the loops of capillaries that make up the renal glomeruli may be abnormally thin. Benign familial hematuria may be inherited as an autosomal dominant genetic trait.
Resources
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
1275 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
Tel: (914)997-4488
Fax: (914)997-4763
Tel: (888)663-4637
Email: Askus@marchofdimes.com
Internet: http://www.marchofdimes.com
American Kidney Fund, Inc.
11921 Rockville Pike
Suite 300
Rockville, MD 20852
USA
Tel: (800)638-8299
Email: helpline@kidneyfund.org
Internet: http://www.kidneyfund.org
National Kidney Foundation
30 East 33rd Street
New York, NY 10016
Tel: (212)889-2210
Fax: (212)689-9261
Tel: (800)622-9010
Email: info@kidney.org
Internet: http://www.kidney.org
Urology Care Foundation
1000 Corporate Blvd
Linthicum, MD 21090
USA
Tel: (410)689-3700
Fax: (410)689-3896
Tel: (800)828-7866
Email: Info@UrologyCareFoundation.org
Internet: http://www.urologyhealth.org/
NIH/National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
3 Information Way
Bethesda, MD 20892-3580
Fax: (703)738-4929
Tel: (800)891-5390
TDD: (866)569-1162
Email: nkudic@info.niddk.nih.gov
Internet: http://www.kidney.niddk.nih.gov/
Genetic and Rare Diseases (GARD) Information Center
PO Box 8126
Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8126
Tel: (301)251-4925
Fax: (301)251-4911
Tel: (888)205-2311
TDD: (888)205-3223
Internet: http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD/
Madisons Foundation
PO Box 241956
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Tel: (310)264-0826
Fax: (310)264-4766
Email: getinfo@madisonsfoundation.org
Internet: http://www.madisonsfoundation.org
Kidney & Urology Foundation of America, Inc.
2 West 47th Street
Suite 401
New York, NY 10036
Tel: (212)629-9770
Fax: (212)629-5652
Tel: (800)633-6628
Email: info@kidneyurology.org
Internet: http://www.kidneyurology.org
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