@article{14456, keywords = {Acute Kidney Injury, Adult, Glomerulonephritis, Humans, Kidney, Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged}, author = {Singhal P C and Chugh K S and Kaur S and Malik A K}, title = {Acute renal failure in leprosy.}, abstract = {
Three patients having lepromatous leprosy developed acute renal failure. Two patients completely recovered and one was left with a moderate degree of renal insufficiency. Renal tissue obtained by percutaneous biopsy revealed acute tubular necrosis in two and diffuse crescentic glomerulonephritis in the third case.
}, year = {1977}, journal = {International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association}, volume = {45}, pages = {171-4}, month = {1977 Apr-Jun}, issn = {0148-916X}, language = {eng}, }