Affiliations 

  • 1 IKS Cheong, MRCP (UK). Lecturer, Department of Medicine, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 SM Chong, OCP (London). Lecturer, Department of Pathology, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Abu Bakar Suleiman, M.MEO (S'pore), FRACP, Consultant Nephrologist, Department of Nephrology, General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Singapore Med J, 1983 Apr;24(2):109-12.
PMID: 6612354

Abstract

From a total of 163 renal biopsies there were 12 cases (9.1%) of IgA nephropathy. All of them presented with symptomatic or asymptomatic proteinuria and/or haematuria. The pattern of disease here generally conforms to reports elsewhere. However in contrast it appears to be common in both sexes and the clinical course tends to be more severe In males. The absence of IgG In the glomeruli on immunoffourescence was an unexpected finding. The presence of hypertension, renal insufficiency and glomerulo·interstitial scarring seem to indicate poorer prognosis. There is no known effective treatment.

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