IgA nephropathy and the road to motherhood
Eleni Stamellou, Anila Duni, Evangelia Dounousi · 2026
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Eleni Stamellou, Anila Duni, and Evangelia Dounousi argue that a kidney diagnosis in a young woman must prompt talk of pregnancy at once. Their 2026 letter deals with IgA nephropathy, the most common primary kidney filter illness in the world. Its peak falls in a woman's childbearing years. Yet its effects on having children are often missed in routine care.
A woman in her early thirties had blood in her urine on a routine check. No kidney work up followed. At thirty eight she became pregnant. Severe preeclampsia and a syndrome of liver and blood harm hit at week sixteen, and the pregnancy had to end. A biopsy later proved the kidney illness, with much scarring. Drugs helped at first, then the illness flared again.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Eleni Stamellou, Anila Duni, Evangelia Dounousi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 5 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |