肾小球肾炎是个常见病,世界上对它作了广泛的研究,近三、四十年,随着免疫学的进展,肾活检的电子显微镜检查和免疫荧光技术的应用,对肾炎的病因、发病机理等方面认识开始丰富起来。肾小球肾炎一般简称肾炎,临床上可把肾炎分为原发性肾炎和继发于全身性疾病的肾炎,原发性肾炎包括急性肾炎、急进性肾炎、慢性肾炎、隐匿性肾炎等。 Glomerulonephritis is a common disease, the world made extensive research on it, nearly three or four decades, with the progress of immunology, renal biopsy electron microscopy and immunofluorescence technology, the etiology of nephritis, Pathogenesis and other aspects of understanding began to enrich. Glomerulonephritis generally referred to as nephritis, nephritis can be divided into primary nephritis and secondary to systemic diseases, nephritis, primary nephritis, including acute nephritis, nephritis, chronic nephritis, occult nephritis.