01314nas a2200313   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001900055653002500074653001100099653001000110653001100120653001200131653002400143653002500167653002500192653001400217653002400231100001500255700001600270700001400286700001300300700001400313245003400327300001000361490000700371520060800378022001400986       1991                            d  c1991 Feb10aBiopsy, Needle10aDeveloping countries10aHumans10aIndia10aKidney10aleprosy10aLeprosy, Borderline10aLeprosy, lepromatous10aLeprosy, Tuberculoid10aNephritis10aProspective Studies1 aChopra N K1 aLakhani J D1 aPande R S1 aModi K B1 aPasle R K00aRenal involvement in leprosy.  a165-70 v393 a<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>  a0004-5772