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Id: | 13307
| Author: | Date, Anand; Thomas, Alexander; Mathai, R; Johny, K. V
| Title: | Glomerular pathology in leprosy. An electron microscopic study
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| Source: | s.l; s.n; mar. 1977. 7 p. ilus, tab.
| Abstract: | Electron microscopic examination of renal biopsies from 19 patients with leprosy who had edema, proteinuria, or hematuria showed a proliferative glomerulonephritis in 12, amyloidosis in 2, and no lesion in 5. The proliferative glomerulonephritis was of different patterns: diffuse with or without exudation, focal, or mesangial. Subendothelial and/or subepithelial deposits were seen in five biopsies. Of the patients with glomerulonephritis, 3 had a reduced total serum complement level, 5 had erythema nodosum leprosum, 5 had evidence of recent streptococcal infection, and 2 had microfilariae in the peripheral blood. The significance of these findings is discussed.(AU).
| Descriptors: | GLOMERULOS RENAIS/irrig GLOMERULOS RENAIS/patol HANSENIASE/compl HANSENIASE/imunol HANSENIASE/patol BIOPSIA CAPILARES/patol GLOMERULONEFRITE/compl GLOMERULONEFRITE/imunol GLOMERULONEFRITE/patol - ERITEMA NODOSO/compl ERITEMA NODOSO/patol
| Limits: | HUMANO MASCULINO ADULTO MEIA-IDADE
| Location: | BR191.1; 00841/s |
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