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Inflammation of the kidney due to immunological reaction to renal antigens.
Note: Common examples are anti-glomerular basement membrane disease (Goodpasture disease or syndrome), autoimmune tubulointerstitial nephritis with antibody to tubular basement membrane, or occurring as part of systemic autoimmune diseases independent of renal autoantigens [lupus nephritis in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), interstitial nephritis in Sjögren syndrome, nephritis in ANCA-associated vasculitis, cryoglobulinemic vasculitis, or hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome].