A study of primary glomerular diseases in adults; clinical, histopathological and immunofluorescence correlations

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To determine the frequency of primary glomerulonephritis (GN) in adults in the Rayalaseema region of South India, we conducted a prospective study in 137 cases of primary GN diagnosed by light microscopy and immunofluorescence (IF) on renal biopsies. We found nephrotic syndrome (NS) was the most common clinical presentation followed by rapidly progressive renal failure (RPRF) and membranous nephropathy (MN) was the most common primary renal disease followed by minimal change disease (MCD), which was in contrast to previous reports from India where IgA nephropathy (IgAN) and MCD were reported as the most common primary glomerulonephritis (PGN) in whole population. There is a need for the establishment of the registry on glomerular diseases.

Please cite this paper as: Modugumudi ASN, Venkata PB, Bottla SKV, Kottu R, Nandyala R, Patnayak R, et al. A study of primary glomerular diseases in adults; clinical, histopathological and immunofluorescence correlations. J Nephropharmacol. 2016; 5(​2):91-97.