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Generally, diseases outlined within the ICD-10 codes N00-N19, N20.0 within Chapter XIV: Diseases of the genitourinary system should be included in this category. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kidney diseases .
IgA nephropathy is the most common glomerulonephritis worldwide; the global incidence is 2.5/100,000 per year amongst adults. [1] Aggressive Berger's disease is on the NORD list of rare diseases. [2] Primary IgA nephropathy is characterized by deposition of the IgA antibody in the glomerulus.
English: What is IgA nephropathy? IgA nephropathy, sometimes called Berger disease, is a type of nephritic syndrome where abnormal IgA antibody is formed, which results in immune complex deposition in the glomerular mesangium, leading to kidney disease. This video covers the pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, and treatment of IgA nephropathy.
IgA nephropathy is the most common cause of MesPGN. [3] It is thought abnormally glycosylated IgA form polymers and deposit in the mesangium. [3] Subsequently, IgA immune complexes bind to IgA receptors on mesangial cells and induce injury to mesangial cells through release of cytokines and growth factors that promote infiltration of leukocytes ...
IgA nephropathy, also known as Berger's disease, is the most common type of glomerulonephritis, and generally presents with isolated visible or occult hematuria, occasionally combined with low grade proteinuria, and rarely causes a nephritic syndrome characterised by proteinuria, and visible blood in the urine. IgA nephropathy is classically ...
In IgA nephropathy, episodes of frank hematuria are more common, and a family history is less common. A kidney biopsy is the only way to diagnose thin basement membrane disease. It reveals thinning of the glomerular basement membrane from the normal 300 to 400 nanometers (nm) to 150 to 250 nm.
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Kidney disease, or renal disease, technically referred to as nephropathy, is damage to or disease of a kidney. Nephritis is an inflammatory kidney disease and has several types according to the location of the inflammation.