RT - Journal Article T1 - Clinical and Paraclinical Parameters Correlation with Histopathologic Classification in IgA Nephropathy: A Clinicopathologic Study of 57 Cases JF - RJMS YR - 2004 JO - RJMS VO - 11 IS - 43 UR - http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-77-en.html SP - 807 EP - 813 K1 - Key Words: 1) IgA Nephropathy 2) Renal Biopsy AB - In this study histological and clinical data of 57 cases of IgA nephropathy in Hashemi-Nejad hospital diagnosed between 1998 and 2002 were reviewed. There were 43 men(75.4%) and 14 women(24.6%), ranging from 17 to 68 years(mean age 31.8±10.5 years). Each biopsy specimen was subclassified according to WHO classification as follows: class I: no case, class II: 8 cases(14%), class III: 18 cases(31.6%), class IV: 21 cases(36.8%) and class V: 10 cases(17.5%). The analyzed clinical parameters were serum creatinine, proteinuria, hypertension and degree of hematuria(micro or macrohematuria). There was a significant statistical correlation between histopathologic classes and serum creatinine(P LA eng UL http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-77-en.html M3 ER -