14 patients were first diagnosed with IgAN according to the renal biopsies, and 15 healthy people were recruited at the first affiliated Hospital of Jinan University.
Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive value of the serum IgA/C3 ratio and glomerular C3 deposits in kidney biopsy in adult IgA nephropathy. Methods: The study included 71
Background: Aberrant galactose-deficient IgA1 molecules (Gd-IgA1) are important causal factors in IgA nephropathy (IgAN); however, the detection of Gd-IgA1 in IgAN is complicated and ins