| Literature DB >> 19773639 |
Imari Mimura1, Akihiro Tojo, Satoshi Kinugasa, Hiroshi Uozaki, Toshiro Fujita.
Abstract
IgA nephropathy can occur as a paraneoplastic syndrome of renal cell carcinoma. We report 3 cases of IgA nephropathy associated with renal cell carcinoma in the elderly patients and demonstrate that infiltrating lymphocytes and plasma cells around renal cell carcinoma produce IgA that likely contributed to mesangial IgA deposition.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19773639 DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181ae1b12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Med Sci ISSN: 0002-9629 Impact factor: 2.378