Glomerular disease: Crescents in IgAN

Nature Reviews Nephrology 12, 650 (2016). doi:10.1038/nrneph.2016.141 Author: Susan J. Allison Glomerular crescents are not part of the Oxford classification of IgA nephropathy (IgAN), as the presence of crescents did not predict outcome in the original Oxford cohort. This initial study excluded patients with severe or rapidly progressive disease; however, subsequent studies that have used less
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