| Literature DB >> 6718951 |
B A Wall, C A Agudelo, E J Pisko.
Abstract
A retrospective analysis of our patients with ankylosing spondylitis revealed a 17.8% incidence of recurrent hematuria. Two of the five patients with recurrent hematuria had previously undergone renal biopsies showing a focal proliferative glomerulonephritis. The only specimen examined by immunofluorescent staining showed the typical changes of IgA nephropathy. A control group of patients with rheumatoid arthritis did not show recurrent hematuria. Recurrent hematuria may be a frequent occurrence in ankylosing spondylitis and may signify the presence of one of the glomerulonephritides such as IgA nephropathy.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6718951 DOI: 10.1007/bf00683881
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rheumatol Int ISSN: 0172-8172 Impact factor: 2.631