A case of immunotactoid glomerulopathy with IgA2, κ deposition ameliorated by steroid therapy

Japanese Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 449-456

  Moriyama, Takahito ^a   Honda, Kazuho ^a   Tsukada, Misao ^a   Koike, Minako ^b   Itoh, Kyoko ^b   Nitta, Kosaku ^b   Horita, Shigeru ^b   Yumura, Wako ^b   Nihei, Hiroshi ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

light chain; Fibrillary glomerulonephritis; IgA subclass 2; Immunotactoid glomerulopathy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARAPROTEIN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLOMERULOPATHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; KIDNEY; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0043014913     PISSN: 03852385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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