@article{18543,
  keywords = {Adult, Biopsy, Capillaries, Erythema Nodosum, Glomerulonephritis, Humans, Kidney Glomerulus, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged},
  author = {Date A and Thomas A and Mathai R and Johny K V},
  title = {Glomerular pathology in leprosy. An electron microscopic study.},
  abstract = {<p>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.</p>},
  year = {1977},
  journal = {The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene},
  volume = {26},
  pages = {266-72},
  month = {1977 Mar},
  issn = {0002-9637},
  doi = {10.4269/ajtmh.1977.26.266},
  language = {eng},
}