Pathological classifications in current use for the assessment of glomerular disease have
been typically opinion-based and built on the expert assumptions of renal pathologists about …

IgA nephropathy is the most common glomerular disease worldwide, yet there is no international
consensus for its pathological or clinical classification. Here a new classification for IgA …

Since the Oxford Classification of IgA nephropathy (IgAN) was published in 2009, MEST
scores have been increasingly used in clinical practice. Further retrospective cohort studies …

The Oxford Classification of IgA Nephropathy (IgAN) identified mesangial hypercellularity (M),
endocapillary proliferation (E), segmental glomerulosclerosis (S), and tubular atrophy/…

Idiopathic membranous nephropathy: Definition and relevance of a partial remission
Background Membranous nephropathy (MGN) remains the most common cause of adult onset …

The 2011 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice Guideline
for Glomerulonephritis (GN) aims to assist practitioners caring for adults and children with GN…

The Oxford Classification of IgA nephropathy does not account for glomerular crescents.
However, studies that reported no independent predictive role of crescents on renal outcomes …

To study the predictive value of biopsy lesions in IgA nephropathy in a range of patient ages
we retrospectively analyzed the cohort that was used to derive a new classification system …

Current guidelines suggest treatment with corticosteroids (CS) in IgA nephropathy (IgAN) when
proteinuria is persistently≥ 1 g/d despite 3–6 months of supportive care and when eGFR …

The Oxford classification of IgA nephropathy (IgAN) identified four pathological elements
that were of prognostic value and additive to known clinical and laboratory variables in …