A Survey of Factors Affecting an Early or Delayed Diagnosis of IgA Nephropathy

A Survey of Factors Affecting an Early or Delayed Diagnosis of IgA Nephropathy: an Observational Study

This is a survey of factors which affect a pathologically defined early or delayed diagnosis of IgA nephropathy in Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou, China. An early or delayed diagnosis of IgA nephropathy is pathologically defined using the recently published Oxford classification of IgA nephropathy. The factors to be surveyed include health examination including urine test, socioeconomic status of patients including education,etc.

Inclusion Criteria:

• biopsy-proven IgA Nephropathy patients in Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou,China