<unk>  <unk> S), also known as anti–glomerular basement membrane disease, is a rare autoimmune disease in which antibodies attack the basement membrane in lungs and kidneys, leading to bleeding from the lungs, glomerulonephritis, and kidney failure. It is thought to attack the alpha-3 subunit of type IV collagen, which has therefore been referred to as<unk> 's antigen.<unk>  may quickly result in permanent lung and kidney damage, often leading to death. It is treated with medications that suppress the immune system such as corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide, and with plasmapheresis, in which the antibodies are removed from the blood. The disease was first described by an American pathologist Ernest<unk>  of Vanderbilt University in 1919 and was later named in his honor.
Goodpasture syndrome
Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis
CHILD syndrome
Hopkins syndrome
CREST syndrome
MOMO syndrome
OSLAM syndrome
Pitt–Hopkins syndrome