IMMUNOTHROMBOCYTOPENIA AND IGA NEPHRITIS

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 14  (6) , 304-308
Abstract
A 32 yr old female patient demonstrates the rare combination of a typical IgA nephritis and familial immunothrombocytopenia. Although this association may be purely fortuitous, this observation adds a new facet to a spectrum of reports on (familial) thromborenal syndromes. The pathogenesis of the IgA nephritis has not yet been clarified. Since IgA deposits are found relatively frequently in the mesangium in a number of diverse underlying diseases, there might be common etiological factors. In view of this possibility more attention should be directed to the investigation of IgA associated diseases.

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