| Journal Call no. | R644.H63J573 |
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| Author | Lai, F. M. M. |
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| Article Title | Primary immunoglobulin a nephropathy through the 'retrospectroscope' / F.M.M. Lai ... [et al.]. |
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| Is Part Of | Hong Kong medical journal ; v.5, no.4, Dec 1999, p.375-382, illus. |
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| Abstract | The article reviews pathological approaches to the diagnosis and prognosis of primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy through Medline and non-Medline literature search from 1966 through 1999 and personal experience. Data was extracted and analysed independently by the authors. Primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy is the most common glomerular disease worldwide and this also holds true in Hong Kong, where it represents the most common condition encountered in diagnostic renal biopsy examinations. This type of chronic nephropathy currently has no effective curable therapy, and in a significant proportion of patients, it progress to end-stage renal disease. Supportive treatment is very important, because it may alter the natural course and slow down the progression of this nephritis. Pathological grading of immunoglobulin A nephropathy currently represents the most useful method to appraise the renal outcome. |
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