IgA-Dominant Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis: A New Twist on an Old Disease
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IgA-dominant postinfectious glomerulonephritis: a new twist on an old disease.
IgA-dominant acute postinfectious glomerulonephritis (APIGN) is an increasingly recognized morphologic variant of APIGN, particularly in the elderly. In contrast to classic APIGN, in which there is typically glomerular deposition of IgG and C3 or C3 only, IgA is the sole or dominant immunoglobulin in IgA-dominant APIGN. Because the vast majority of reported cases occur in association with staph...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephron Clinical Practice
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1660-2110,1660-2110
DOI: 10.1159/000324180