Significance of subepithelial deposits in patients diagnosed with IgA nephropathy.

Subepithelial deposits are observed in rare adult IgA nephropathy (IgAN) cases and are a key diagnostic finding in IgA-dominant infection-related glomerulonephritis (IgA-IRGN). Sometimes, it is difficult to distinguish IgA-IRGN from IgAN without a precise clinical history. We hypothesized that some...

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Main Authors: Mineaki Kitamura, Yoko Obata, Yuki Ota, Kumiko Muta, Hiroshi Yamashita, Takashi Harada, Hiroshi Mukae, Tomoya Nishino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211812