Autoantibodies against phospholipase A2 receptor in Brazilian patients with glomerular diseases.
Cícero de Oliveira Santos NetoMichelle T PassosDanilo Euclides FernandesSonia K NishidaLuís Eduardo Coelho AndradeGianna Mastroianni KirsztajnPublished in: International urology and nephrology (2020)
Anti-PLA2R showed high specificity and PPV for the diagnosis of primary MN in Brazilian patients. There was a strong correlation between disease activity and positive anti-PLA2R. This biomarker represents an important diagnostic tool for primary MN and may contribute to the monitoring of disease activity in such patients.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis
- end stage renal disease
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- ankylosing spondylitis
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- prognostic factors
- endothelial cells
- room temperature
- high glucose