Glomerulonephritis: Difference between revisions

[[IgA nephropathy]], also known as ''Berger's disease'', is the most common type of glomerulonephritis, and generally presents with isolated visible or occult hematuria, occasionally combined with low grade proteinuria, and rarely causes a [[nephritic syndrome]] characterised by [[heavy proteinuria|protein in the urine]], and visible [[hematuria|blood in the urine]]. IgA nephropathy is classically described as a self-resolving form in young adults several days after a respiratory infection. It is characterised by deposits of [[IgA]] in the [[mesangium|space between glomerular capillaries]].<ref name=DAVIDSONS2010 />{{rp|501}}<ref name=ROBBINS2007 />{{rp|554–555}}