Clinical characteristics and outcomes of immune-complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and C3 glomerulopathy in Japanese children.
Chika UedaTomoko HorinouchiYuta InokiYuta IchikawaYu TanakaHideaki KitakadoAtsushi KondoNana SakakibaraChina NaganoTomohiko YamamuraJunya FujimuraNaohiro KamiyoshiShingo IshimoriTakeshi NinchojiHiroshi KaitoYuko ShimaKazumoto IijimaKandai NozuNorishige YoshikawaPublished in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2024)
Most patients with MPGN were diagnosed with C3GN. The remission rate for C3GN was high, and no patients developed kidney failure during the approximately 5-year follow-up. Additionally, patients with C3GN with mild to moderate proteinuria had good outcomes with RAS-I alone, but continued vigilance is necessary to determine long-term prognosis.