After the diagnosis of micro- or macroalbuminuria is confirmed, patients should undergo a complete evaluation, including a work-up for other etiologies and an assessment of renal function and the ...

Pozzi C, Andrulli S, Pani A, et al. Addition of azathioprine to corticosteroids does not benefit patients with IgA nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010;21:1783-1790. Frisch G, Lin J, Rosenstock J, et ...

Diabetic nephropathy is kidney disease and it’s serious, but you can get screening tests to help diagnose this diabetes complication early enough to treat it. Diabetes-related nephropathy, also ...

Diabetes-related nephropathy is a potential complication of diabetes. Tests to help screen for nephropathy include urine protein tests, imaging tests, kidney biopsy, and glomerular filtration rate. A ...

Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy is an autoimmune condition that causes inflammation and damage in your kidneys, which may lead to kidney failure over time. IgA nephropathy develops when IgA builds ...

Editor’s note: This is an automatically generated transcript. Please notify editor@healio.com if there are concerns regarding accuracy of the transcription. Nephropathy is a kidney disease with ...

Panelists discuss how immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy develops through a complex 4-hit cascade involving aberrant IgA1 glycosylation, anti-glycan antibody formation, immune complex deposition, and ...

Tuberculosis-triggered IgA nephropathy (TB-IgAN) is a rare but important renal manifestation that often goes unrecognised due to its non-specific presentation. We report the case of a woman in her 30s ...

The novel drug atacicept was associated with significant reductions in proteinuria vs. placebo with comparable safety and no ...

Combinations of a calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) and steroids have been tried in small series of patients with IgA nephropathy. 31 Although an anti-proteinuric effect is often noted in the short-term, ...