[Clinical immunology and immunopathology of glomerulonephritis (author's transl)].

Many problems of clinical immunology with regard to glomerulonephritis become evident only when basic immunopathological principles are taken into consideration. The objective of this paper is to contribute to a deeper understanding of both clinical and immunological problems concerning glomerulonephritis and its prognosis and immunotherapy by a presentation and discussion of immunopathological processes.