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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-10-28
pubmed:abstractText
A fine-needle kidney biopsy was performed on eleven patients with dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) who had no previous signs or symptoms of renal disease. Of the eight patients whose biopsy specimens were representative, electron microscopic examination showed mesangial deposits in five. A subsequent conventional renal biopsy was obtained from one of these five, and immunofluorescence microscopy revealed IgA and complement deposits in the glomeruli. Renal involvement was not related either to the degree of jejunal villous atrophy or to the deposition of IgA and complement in the skin. Glomerular deposits, however, were associated with a high frequency of circulating IgA and IgG class immune complexes and IgA class antigliadin and antireticulin antibodies. These results suggest that, in DH, immune complexes or antibodies derived from the gut can be deposited in the kidney.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0190-9622
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
219-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Renal involvement and circulating immune complexes in dermatitis herpetiformis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article