Dependability Research on Differentiation of Symptoms and Signs for Classification of Syndrome and Pathology of IgA Nephropathy / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) and its pathology relationship in IgA nephropathy(IgAN),so as to deduce the pathogenetic condition and prognosis,and guide the clinic therapy.Methods: 53 cases of IgAN were analyzed retrospectively,syndrome differentiations were concluded by the diagnosis criteria of TCM syndrome in the clinic research and guiding principe of the curment new herd in chronic nephritis in 2002 into deficiency of spleen and kidney qi,deficiency of liver and kidney yin,deficiency of both qi and yin,and the accompanied syndrome as affection of exogenous wind-heat,endoretention of damp-heat and blood stagnation.The relationship among pathological parameters,pathological stages and the above syndromes were observed.Results:Compared the three clinical syndromes of deficiency of spleen and kidney qi,deficiency of liver and kidney yin and deficiency of both qi and yin of 53 cases of patients,pathology change and pathological stage were the lightest in deficiency of spleen and kidney qi,on the contrary,the heaviest in deficiency of both qi and yin,P