Kidney biopsy findings in Thin basement membrane nephropathy

What are the kidney biopsy findings in Thin basement membrane nephropathy?

The pathognomonic kidney biopsy finding in TBMN is uniform thinning of the GBM (<250 nm) on electron microscopy, with attenuation of the lamina densa.

Light and immunofluorescence microscopic analyses are usually normal.

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