[Immunopathogenesis of glomerulonephritis]

After an introductory description of some morphological points of view the author enters into the mechanisms of the immunopathogenetic lesion in different forms of glomerulonephritis. Hereby Goodpasture's syndrome, the acute post-streptococcal nephritis, the membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, the sclerosing forms and the so-called glomerulonephritis with minimal changes are particularly taken into consideration. It is tried to describe the clinical course and the pathomorphological changes.