The pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy: What is new and how does it change therapeutic approaches?

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 992-1004

  Floege, Jrgen ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

hypertension; Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy; mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis; progression; proteinuria; recurrence

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GALACTOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; SPIRONOLACTONE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DAMAGE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MESANGIUM CELL; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MESANGIAL CELLS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 81755171989     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2011.05.033     Document Type: Article

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