A Case Report of IgA Nephropathy Coexisting with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

IgA nephropathy is a condition characterized by deposition of IgA immunoglobulin in the glomerulus. This condition is fairly common in Western countries. The disease spectrum is broad and it varies case to case. The cases of IgA nephropathy associated with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis are rare...

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Autores principales: Iftikhar, Hassaan, Saleem, Maryam, Kaji, Anand
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6721872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31501732
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5040
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description IgA nephropathy is a condition characterized by deposition of IgA immunoglobulin in the glomerulus. This condition is fairly common in Western countries. The disease spectrum is broad and it varies case to case. The cases of IgA nephropathy associated with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis are rare. Our case report is about a young male who developed rapid onset IgA nephropathy leading to end stage renal disease (ESRD).
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spelling pubmed-67218722019-09-09 A Case Report of IgA Nephropathy Coexisting with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Iftikhar, Hassaan Saleem, Maryam Kaji, Anand Cureus Internal Medicine IgA nephropathy is a condition characterized by deposition of IgA immunoglobulin in the glomerulus. This condition is fairly common in Western countries. The disease spectrum is broad and it varies case to case. The cases of IgA nephropathy associated with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis are rare. Our case report is about a young male who developed rapid onset IgA nephropathy leading to end stage renal disease (ESRD). Cureus 2019-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6721872/ /pubmed/31501732 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5040 Text en Copyright © 2019, Iftikhar et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Iftikhar, Hassaan
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A Case Report of IgA Nephropathy Coexisting with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
title A Case Report of IgA Nephropathy Coexisting with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
title_full A Case Report of IgA Nephropathy Coexisting with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
title_fullStr A Case Report of IgA Nephropathy Coexisting with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
title_full_unstemmed A Case Report of IgA Nephropathy Coexisting with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
title_short A Case Report of IgA Nephropathy Coexisting with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
title_sort case report of iga nephropathy coexisting with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6721872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31501732
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5040
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