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GuidelinePediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)2025

IPNA clinical practice recommendations for the diagnosis and management of children with IgA nephropathy and IgA vasculitis nephritis.

Marina Vivarelli, Susan Samuel, Rosanna Coppo, Jonathan Barratt, Melvin Bonilla-Felix, Dieter Haffner, Keisha Gibson, Mark Haas, Maher Ahmed Abdel-Hafez, Marta Adragna and 16 more

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Guideline in Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors.

Marina VivarelliLaboratory of Nephrology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Piazza S. Onofrio 4 00165, Rome, Italy. marina.vivarelli@opbg.net.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2448-1959
Susan SamuelSection of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Rosanna CoppoFondazione Ricerca Molinette, Regina Margherita Hospital, Turin, Italy.
Jonathan BarrattUniversity of Leicester, Leicester, England, UK.
Melvin Bonilla-FelixDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, , Puerto Rico.
Dieter HaffnerDepartment of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Keisha GibsonUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Mark HaasCedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Maher Ahmed Abdel-HafezTanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
Marta AdragnaHospital de Pediatría Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Paul BroganUniversity College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, England, UK.
Siah KimChildren's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia.
Isaac LiuDuke-NUS Medical School and YLLSOM, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Zhi-Hong LiuNanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Mukta MantanMaulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Yuko ShimaWakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan.
Masaki ShimuzuDepartment of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo, Japan.
Qian ShenChildren's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Hernan TrimarchiHospital Britanico de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Deirdre HahnChildren's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia.
Elisabeth HodsonCochrane Kidney and Transplant, Westmead, Australia.
Ken PfisterDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Areefa AlladinDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Olivia BoyerPediatric Nephrology, MARHEA Reference Center, Imagine Institute, Paris Cité University, Necker Children's Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.
Koichi NakanishiDepartment of Child Health and Welfare (Pediatrics), Graduate School of Medicine, University of Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
International Pediatric Nephrology Association

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IgA nephropathy and IgA vasculitis with nephritis, albeit rare, represent two relatively frequent glomerular conditions in childhood. Compared to adults, pediatric IgA nephropathy has a more acute presentation, most frequently with synpharyngitic macrohematuria and histologically with more intense inflammation and less intense chronic damage. Management of these conditions is controversial and supported by little high-quality evidence. The paucity of evidence is due to the disease heterogeneity, its inter-ethnic variability, and the difficulty of extrapolating data from adult studies due to the peculiarities of the condition in children. IgA vasculitis with nephritis is a kidney manifestation of a systemic disorder, typical of the pediatric age, in which both the diagnosis of kidney involvement and its management are poorly defined, and an interdisciplinary approach is crucial. Both conditions can have a profound and long-lasting impact on kidney function and the global health of affected children. The International Pediatric Nephrology Association has therefore convened a diverse international group of experts from different disciplines to provide guidance on the recommended management of these conditions in children and to establish common definitions and define priorities for future high-quality, evidence-based collaborative studies for the benefit of children.

Indexed as

Glomerulonephritis, IGAIgA VasculitisChildHumansChildrenGuidelineIgA nephropathyIgA vasculitis nephritisTreatment

Identifiers

PMID39331079
PMCPMC11666671

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