Idiopathic immunoglobulin A nephropathy in children and adolescents.

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Immunoglobulin A nephropathy is now recognized as the glomerular disease most often associated with progressive renal failure in patients around the world. In many cases it is not known when the disease starts to inflict glomerular injury, but recent studies that have shown genetically determined abnormalities in glycosylation of the IgA molecule suggest that this may begin in early life. This review focuses on...

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