Clinical significance of serum galactose-deficient immunoglobulin A1 for detection of recurrent immunoglobulin A nephropathy in kidney transplant recipients

Background Recurrent glomerulonephritis (GN) is a common cause of allograft loss in kidney transplantation (KT), the most frequent of which is immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy (IgAN). Galactose-deficient IgA1 (Gd-IgA1) plays a major role in the pathophysiology of IgAN, but the association between...

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Main Authors: Woo Yeong Park, Yaerim Kim, Jin Hyuk Paek, Kyubok Jin, Seungyeup Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology 2021-06-01
Series:Kidney Research and Clinical Practice
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Online Access:http://www.krcp-ksn.org/upload/pdf/j-krcp-20-183.pdf