title: IgA nephropathy in children from Japan. Clinical and pathological features.
abstract: Since the start of a school screening program by the government in 1974 for the detection of urinary abnormalities, all Japanese children between the ages of 6 and 15 years have been screened every year. IgA nephropathy has been the most common primary glomerulonephritis in children in Japan. This paper will review the clinical and pathological features of 258 children with IgA nephropathy studied at our renal units. It is hoped that this review provides the nephrologist with useful information concerning childhood IgA nephropathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005922:Glomerulonephritis, IGA / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D009313:National Health Programs