2) Fibril diameter of the more common fibrillary diseases - Amyloid, Fibrillary GN, and Immunotactoid GP - is correlated with their position in the alphabet - (A= 8-12nm, F= 16-24nm, I= >30nm).
3) Drug induced ANCA disease - 3 to watch - propylthiouracil, hydralazine and minocycline.
4) The classic EM finding in Hereditary Nephritis is longitudinal splitting of the lamina densa of the GBM producing a laminated or "basket weave" appearance.
5) In individuals 40 years of age or older with a positive family history of ADPKD, a finding of zero or one renal cysts excludes the disease with a negative predictive value of 100%.
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