Serum IgA levels in patients with diabetic nephropathy and IgA nephropathy superimposed on diabetes mellitus

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-118

  Kanauchi, Masao ^a   Kawano, Takahiro ^a   Dohi, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetic nephropathy; Immunoglobulin A nephropathy; Renal biopsy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINURIA; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034092982     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8227(99)00146-1     Document Type: Article

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