title: Clinical and serological features of mesangial IgA glomerulonephritis.
abstract: IgA-glomerulonephritis (IgA-GN) accounts for approximately 20 per cent of all glomerulonephritis in our unit. Seventeen out of 50 patients with IgA-GN developed renal failure, which appeared in 11 out of 17 over the course of a mean follow-up of 68 months. Haemodialysis was required in three patients. Twenty-two out of 50 patients had hypertension, five with malignant hypertension. Perivascular IgA deposits were found in skin biopsies of 29 per cent of patients with IgA-GN and also in 19 per cent of patients with other GN, but not in healthy controls. Mucosal (salivary and nasal) secretory IgA concentrations were normal. In cutaneous and glomerular IgA/IgM deposits, IgA1 was demonstrated using monoclonal antibodies. No excess of HLA-A, B or DR antigens and no relation of clinical course and HLA-Bw35 were found.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000032:analysis; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis*; D007071:Immunoglobulin A, Secretory / Q000032:analysis; D007668:Kidney / Q000276:immunology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012867:Skin / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D006680:HLA Antigens; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007071:Immunoglobulin A, Secretory