Maximal glomerular diameter as a 10-year prognostic indicator for IgA nephropathy
Author(s) -
Hideki Kataoka,
M. Ohara,
Kazuho Honda,
Takahiro Mochizuki,
K. Nitta
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfr139
Subject(s) - medicine , renal function , proportional hazards model , nephropathy , urology , creatinine , gastroenterology , hazard ratio , receiver operating characteristic , proteinuria , endocrinology , kidney , diabetes mellitus , confidence interval
Although there have been many reports on clinicopathological studies of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN), reliable outcome predictors are still lacking. We therefore assessed maximal glomerular diameter (Max GD), an indicator of glomerular size, as a predictor of the long-term evolution of renal histopathology.
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