[Clinico-morphologic comparisons in primary diffuse mesangio- proliferative glomerulonephritis].

Data are reported of a clinical and morphological including electron microscopical study of 132 patients with primary diffuse mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis (DMPGN). A comparison of morphological signs using methods of non-parametric statistics revealed a complex dependence between glomerulosclerosis and sclerosis of the stroma, tubular atrophy and dystrophy; sclerosis of stroma and its cellular infiltration. Comparison of morphological aspects and clinical manifestations of DMPGN allowed to establish that development of disorders of partial functions of the kidneys has a complex genesis as evidenced by dependence of disorders on the presence and severity of glomerulosclerosis, stroma sclerosis, tubular atrophy and frequency of crescents/microcrescents.