IgA nephropathy databank: Development of a system for management of renal biopsy acquired data
IgA nephropathy databank: Development of a system for management of renal biopsy acquired data
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DOI:
10.1016/s0272-6386(97)90455-8
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发表时间:
1997-06-01
影响因子:
13.2
通讯作者:
Glassock, RJ
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作者:
Wyatt, RJ;Emancipator, SN;Glassock, RJ
The DEVELOPMENT of comprehensive systems for the identification and follow-up of patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN) will better establish the importance of IgAN as a cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD); provide a readily available resource for testing hypotheses about the pathogenesis, natural history, and possible treatment interventions for IgAN; and gain epidemiologic data about IgAN in the United States. On April 12 and 13, 1996, a group of renal pathologists and nephrologists met at the Medical Education and Research Institute in Memphis, TN, to discuss the development of a regional databank for IgAN and to reach a consensus on how renal biopsy data will be managed in that databank. The term “databank” is used instead of “registry” to emphasize the concept that the information stored in the database is meant to be accessible to all serious investigators interested in IgAN.For over 15 years, Drs Robert J. Wyatt and Bruce A. Julian, with the collaboration of many renal pathologists and nephrologists in the fourstate region of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi, have identified many of the known cases of IgAN in the region. The IgAN databank has been established in Memphis for entry of the clinical data for these patients. At the time of this conference, 987 patients from this region had been identified, and clinical data