dense deposit disease
Findings
No curated finding names dense deposit disease yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A histological subtype of C3 glomerulopathy characterized by C3 deposition in renal tissue in the absence or near-absence of immunoglobulin deposits, in a patient with the classic clinical features of glomerulonephritis and electron microscopic findings of highly electron-dense intra-membranous, osmiophilic deposits.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0019736), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Genes
2 genes
Germline variants in the gene encoding each protein, as classified by GenCC submitters, each in their own words. Limited, disputed and refuted submissions are listed too.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: dense deposit disease
- Also called
- membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type 2Mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis type 2