ALLMedicine IgA Nephropathy Center

May 25th, 2020 - The randomized, controlled STOP-IgAN trial in patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN) and substantial proteinuria showed no benefit of immunosuppression added on top of supportive care on renal function over three years. As a follow-up we evaluated r...

May 24th, 2020 - The use of immunosuppressive therapy for IgA nephropathy patients with renal insufficiency and severe proteinuria is controversial. This was a monocentric retrospective study. We reviewed 132 consecutive IgA nephropathy (IgAN) patients with stage ...

May 21st, 2020 - Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) is a rare connective tissue disease characterized by increased peripheral blood eosinophils and diffuse fasciitis, generalized morphea (GM) is a subtype of localized scleroderma, and IgA nephropathy is a chronic glomeru...

May 21st, 2020 - Previous reports suggest initial presentation of IgA nephropathy (IgAN) in children is different from adults. No systematic comparison of clinical, biological, and histological childhood- and adult-onset IgAN is currently available. We compared pe...

May 20th, 2020 - A 68-year-old male patient received a living donor kidney transplantation 8 years earlier for end-stage kidney disease secondary to IgA nephropathy. His post-transplantation follow-up had been routinely performed with laboratory examinations, ultr...

Apr 20th, 2016 - Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for IgA nephropathy 2014.|2016|Yuzawa Y,Yamamoto R,Takahashi K,Katafuchi R,Tomita M,|diagnosis,etiology,therapy,

May 25th, 2020 - The randomized, controlled STOP-IgAN trial in patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN) and substantial proteinuria showed no benefit of immunosuppression added on top of supportive care on renal function over three years. As a follow-up we evaluated r...

May 24th, 2020 - The use of immunosuppressive therapy for IgA nephropathy patients with renal insufficiency and severe proteinuria is controversial. This was a monocentric retrospective study. We reviewed 132 consecutive IgA nephropathy (IgAN) patients with stage ...

May 21st, 2020 - Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) is a rare connective tissue disease characterized by increased peripheral blood eosinophils and diffuse fasciitis, generalized morphea (GM) is a subtype of localized scleroderma, and IgA nephropathy is a chronic glomeru...

May 21st, 2020 - Previous reports suggest initial presentation of IgA nephropathy (IgAN) in children is different from adults. No systematic comparison of clinical, biological, and histological childhood- and adult-onset IgAN is currently available. We compared pe...

May 20th, 2020 - A 68-year-old male patient received a living donor kidney transplantation 8 years earlier for end-stage kidney disease secondary to IgA nephropathy. His post-transplantation follow-up had been routinely performed with laboratory examinations, ultr...

Oct 23rd, 2018 - Chronic viral infection can be associated with a variety of autoimmune kidney diseases, according to a review published in Rheumatic Disease Clinics. London_England/Thinkstock In particular, hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can cause several kidn.

Aug 6th, 2017 - A high rate of serious adverse events led to the premature termination of a clinical trial designed to evaluate the efficacy of oral methylprednisolone in patients with immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy despite evidence of a statistically signifi...

Aug 1st, 2017 - Action Points Corticosteroid treatment in patients with IgA nephropathy was tied to an increased risk for serious adverse events. Note that most adverse events occurred during the first 3 months of treatment, and they were primarily driven by an e...

Dec 14th, 2015 - The addition of an immunosuppressive regimen to ongoing comprehensive supportive care does not benefit patients with immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy characterized by moderate proteinuria and chronic kidney disease stages 1 to 3, final results f...

Jul 1st, 2015 - There is no known way to stop IgA deposition in the mesangium. Tonsillectomy to reduce mucosal IgA release has been suggested but is controversial.