@article{8194,
  keywords = {Biopsy, Needle, Developing countries, Humans, India, Kidney, leprosy, Leprosy, Borderline, Leprosy, lepromatous, Leprosy, Tuberculoid, Nephritis, Prospective Studies},
  author = {Chopra N K and Lakhani J D and Pande R S and Modi K B and Pasle R K},
  title = {Renal involvement in leprosy.},
  abstract = {<p>Renal involvement was studied in 70 patients with leprosy by urine analysis, detailed biochemical investigations and renal histopathology. Of these 70 patients, 40 had lepromatous and 30 had non-lepromatous leprosy. Creatinine clearance was reduced in 20 patients. Renal biopsies were studied in 50 cases (25 lepromatous, 25 non-lepromatous); of which in 13 cases (10 lepromatous, 3 non-lepromatous) abnormal histopathological lesions were found by light microscopy. Amyloidosis was seen in only one lepromatous patient. No acid-fast bacilli and leproma like lesion were demonstrated in any case.</p>},
  year = {1991},
  journal = {The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India},
  volume = {39},
  pages = {165-7},
  month = {1991 Feb},
  issn = {0004-5772},
  language = {eng},
}