Does tonsillectomy have a role in the treatment of patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy?

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2014 Aug;29(8):1456-9. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfu068. Epub 2014 Apr 10.

Authors

Ladan Zand¹, Fernando C Fervenza¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA.

PMID: 24723547
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu068

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / immunology*
Glomerulonephritis, IGA / etiology
Glomerulonephritis, IGA / immunology
Glomerulonephritis, IGA / therapy*
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Humans
Immunity, Innate*
Immunoglobulin A / immunology*
Immunoglobulin G / immunology
Mesangial Cells / immunology
Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use*
Tonsillectomy*
Tonsillitis / complications*
Tonsillitis / immunology
Tonsillitis / surgery

Substances

Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic
Glucocorticoids
Immunoglobulin A
Immunoglobulin G
Methylprednisolone