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Clinical characteristics and prognosis of IgA nephropathy and comorbid diabetic kidney disease

Key takeaways

This study looked at people who have two kidney diseases at once: IgA nephropathy and diabetic kidney disease. IgA nephropathy is when the immune system damages the kidney's tiny filters. The researchers compared symptoms, lab results and later outcomes against people who had only one of the two conditions. It looks back at existing records, so it can show a link between having both diseases and how people did, not proof that one caused the other.

Who did this work

Anni Wang (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University) · Wen Shi (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University) · Kunyue Xu (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University) · Yuan Yuan (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University) · Xuanli Tang (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University) · Shuman Zhao (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University) · Dongrong Yu (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University) · Hong Liu (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University) · Xiang Liu (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University) · xue Jiang (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-09-09
https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2026.2726611