肾炎又称肾小球肾炎,是一种常见病,尤多见于青少年。它以水肿、尿中出现蛋白质和血压增高为主要临床表现。病程有急有慢,急性者较易恢复,慢性者常导致肾功能衰竭及致命的尿毒症。四十年代以来,肾脏病学在国际上开始作为一门独立的学科发展起来。在这个领域里虽然取得了很多进展,但是慢性肾炎的治疗,至今仍是一个难题。在中国,肾炎患者每年数以万计,许多青年人因此而失去劳动能力,甚至过早地丧失 Nephritis, also known as glomerulonephritis, is a common disease, especially seen in adolescents. It is the main clinical manifestations of edema, urinary protein and blood pressure. Slow and slow course of the disease, the more likely to recover acute, chronic and often lead to renal failure and fatal uremia. Since the 1940’s, nephrology has started to develop internationally as an independent discipline. Although a lot of progress has been made in this field, the treatment of chronic nephritis is still a difficult problem. In China, tens of thousands of patients with nephritis each year, many young people thus lose the ability to work, or even prematurely lost