Article
C4 phenotypes in IgA nephropathy: disease progression associated with C4A deficiency but not with C4 isotype concentrations.
Clinical nephrology - 1 Mar 1996
Wopenka U, Thysell H, Sjöholm A G, Truedsson L
Abstract excerpt
IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is a common glomerular disease and is thought to have an immunological origin which may involve complement-mediated pathogenic mechanisms. We performed C4 phenotyping and C4 isotype quantification in 93 IgAN patients in Southern Sweden. Phenotype frequencies did not deviate...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Biomarkers
- Child
- Complement C4
- Complement C4a
- Disease Progression
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Glomerulonephritis, IGA
