SIGNIFICANCE OF MESANGIAL IGM DEPOSITION IN MINIMAL CHANGE NEPHROTIC SYNDROME
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 46 (1) , 10-15
Abstract
During a 6 yr period, 64 patients with a nephrotic syndrome, shown histologically to result from minimal change nephropathy, were studied for a mean of 4.5 yr. Fifty of the patients showed no glomerular Ig on immunofluorescent or immunoperoxidase study, but 14 had mesangial deposits of IgM. The onset characteristics, response to treatment and long-term course were similar in the 2 groups. IgM deposition in the mesangium in patients with minimal change nephrotic syndrome is of no prognostic value. These data do not suggest that this group of patients, although a histopathologic entity, represent a clinically distinct group.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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