Serum IgA/C3 ratio may predict diagnosis and prognostic grading in patients with IgA nephropathy

Nephron

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 755-758

  Ishiguro, Chizuru ^a   Yaguchi, Yutaka ^a   Funabiki, Kazuhiko ^a   Horikoshi, Satoshi ^a   Shirato, Isao ^a   Tomino, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; IgA nephropathy; Prognosis; Serum IgA C3 ratio

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GLOMERULOPATHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMPLEMENT 3; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PROGNOSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; COMPLEMENT C3; HUMANS;

EID: 0035995398     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065043     Document Type: Article

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