Immunoglobulin and complement deposition in glomeruli of 756 subjects who had committed suicide or met with a violent death.

Abstract

Ten cases had mesangial IgA together with morphological or clinical laboratory findings suggestive of renal disease. If all these are regarded as IgA glomerulonephritis, then its prevalence can be estimated at 1.3%. For IgM glomerulonephritis, a prevalence of 0.3% was deduced.