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Oxford classification of IgA nephropathy: Broadening the scope of the classification

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  • Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common glomerulopathy worldwide

  • The most significant development in IgAN research in the recent past consists of promulgation of the Oxford-MEST classification

  • The ongoing and future research should address the issues of combining the clinical, laboratory, histopathological, molecular biological and genetic data, to devise algorithms for individualized decisions of treatment choice for patients with IgAN, and accurate prognostication

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Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common glomerulopathy worldwide. *Corresponding author: Dr Muhammed Mubarak, Histopathology Department, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi-74200, Pakistan. There is relatively little information in literature on the population-based prevalence and clinicopathological features of IgAN in third world countries [3, 8,9,10].

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