 Glomerulonephritis, IGA
"Glomerulonephritis, IGA" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A chronic form of glomerulonephritis characterized by deposits of predominantly IMMUNOGLOBULIN A in the mesangial area (GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM). Deposits of COMPLEMENT C3 and IMMUNOGLOBULIN G are also often found. Clinical features may progress from asymptomatic HEMATURIA to END-STAGE KIDNEY DISEASE.
| Descriptor ID |
D005922
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.777.419.570.363.608 C13.351.968.419.570.363.608 C20.111.525
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| Concept/Terms |
Glomerulonephritis, IGA- Glomerulonephritis, IGA
- Glomerulonephritides, IGA
- Berger's Disease
- Bergers Disease
- IGA Glomerulonephritis
- IGA Nephropathy
- Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy
- Nephropathy, Immunoglobulin A
- Nephritis, IGA Type
- IGA Type Nephritis
- Nephropathy, IGA
- Berger Disease
- Iga Nephropathy 1
- Nephropathy 1, Iga
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Glomerulonephritis, IGA" by people in Profiles.
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Yau T, Korbet SM, Schwartz MM, Cimbaluk DJ. The Oxford classification of IgA nephropathy: a retrospective analysis. Am J Nephrol. 2011; 34(5):435-44.
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Lv J, Zhang H, Chen Y, Li G, Jiang L, Singh AK, Wang H. Combination therapy of prednisone and ACE inhibitor versus ACE-inhibitor therapy alone in patients with IgA nephropathy: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009 Jan; 53(1):26-32.
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Assadi FK. Value of urinary excretion of microalbumin in predicting glomerular lesions in children with isolated microscopic hematuria. Pediatr Nephrol. 2005 Aug; 20(8):1131-5.
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Piette WW. What is Schönlein-Henoch purpura, and why should we care? Arch Dermatol. 1997 Apr; 133(4):515-8.
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Korbet SM, Genchi RM, Borok RZ, Schwartz MM. The racial prevalence of glomerular lesions in nephrotic adults. Am J Kidney Dis. 1996 May; 27(5):647-51.
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