Abstract
It has been said that prognosis of acute glomerulonephritis is different between adult and child, and that the former cases are apt to progress into the chronic stage more frequently than the latter. Adult cases, however, seem to include those of acute aggravation progressed from chronic glomerulonephritis. On the basis of renal biopsies and clinical findings the authors made the compara tive study on the prognosis of seemingly initial attack of acute glomerulonephritis in adults (over 15 years of age) and in children (under 15 years of age)The conclusions are as follows :1) No difference was noticed between 48 adult cases and 58 child cases in this series of healing, remission and chronic process.2) In adults the frequency and duration of hypertension were observed more often than in children, while those of hematuria were revealed more seldom.3) In child patients, increase of non-protein nitrogen and decrease of A/G ratio in serum protein were frequently found as compared with adult patients.
