A Pathologist’s Perspective on IgA
Nephropathy
From common features, to challenging histopathology,
renal biopsy is key to diagnosing IgA nephropathy
Renal pathologist, Dr. Chris Larsen reviews renal biopsy definitions and MEST-C scoring for diagnosis and prognosis in IgA nephropathy1, then discusses how better understanding of biopsy characteristics can differentiate patients with concurrent or infection-related disease.
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1. Trimarchi, H., et al. (2017). Oxford Classification of IgA nephropathy 2016: An update from the IgA Nephropathy Classification Working Group. Kidney International, 91(5), 1014–1021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2017.02.003