Clinicopathological features of idiopathic membranous nephropathy combined with IgA nephropathy: a retrospective analysis of 9 cases.

The results from the case analyses indicated that idiopathic membranous nephropathy combined with IgA nephropathy possess the clinicopathological features found in both components. It is suggested that serum anti-PLA2R and tissue PLA2R are important biomarkers that can assist in the diagnosis of idiopathic membranous nephropathy associated with IgA nephropathy.