Immunological aspects of IgA nephropathy

Nephrology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-61

  Kim, Myung Jae ^a,b   Hong, Seong Pyo ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

antigens; complement activation; deposition; mesangium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; FOOD ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

CLEARANCE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MESANGIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030889576     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.1997.tb00190.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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