IgA-dominant postinfectious glomerulonephritis: a report of 13 cases with common ultrastructural features

Human Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1309-1316

  Haas, Mark ^a   Racusen, Lorraine C ^a   Bagnasco, Serena M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

IgA nephropathy; Renal biopsy; Renal failure; Staphylococcus; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE COMPLEX NEPHRITIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; INFECTION COMPLICATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSTINFECTIOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PROTEINURIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 48949087596     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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