01077nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653001100065653002300076653001100099653001100110653001200121653000900133653002800142100001300170700001600183700001600199245003400215300001100249490000700260050003200267520049800299022001400797       1983                            d  c1983 Apr10aAdult10aFemale10aGlomerulonephritis10aHumans10aKidney10aleprosy10aMale10aNephritis, Interstitial1 aGrover S1 aBobhate S K1 aChaubey B S00aRenal abnormality in leprosy.  a286-910 v55  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>Adequate kidney biopsy was studied in 54 cases of leprosy, of which 45 were of lepromatous leprosy, 4 of tuberculoid type and 5 belonged to borderline type of leprosy. Membranous glomerulonephritis (31.5%) was the commonest type of glomerular lesion followed by mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis (11.1). It is concluded that renal lesions can occur in any type of leprosy. Reaction of renal tissues to M. leprae could be due to various local immunologic or physiological factors.</p>  a0024-1024