A family case of IgA nephropathy and Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis.

Journal: Nihon Jinzo Gakkai Shi
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Abstract

We describe a family case of IgA nephropathy and Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis. This is the first report involving IgA nephropathy in a child and Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis in a parent. It is suggested that the two were related etiologically as well as clinicopathologically.

Authors
H Osawa, H Yamabe, K Ozawa, K Fukushi, H Kubota, N Chiba, K Onodera, J Hirayama