Annual Review of Nephrology Course - Updates in Clinical Nephrology

Session Description:
This session will present:
a) The epidemiology, pathology, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of IgA nephropathy in China.
b) Membranous nephropathy: reclassification offered by the knowledge of new antigens.
c) The correlations between the structural and functional changes of the kidney with normal aging and the clinical significance of these changes.

Learning Objectives:
Highlight new advances on pathogenesis of Membranous Nephropathy, a world vision on IgA Nephropathy and the clinical significance of aging on structural and functional changes of the kidney.