TY - JOUR KW - Acute Kidney Injury KW - Adult KW - Glomerulonephritis KW - Humans KW - Kidney KW - Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute KW - leprosy KW - Male KW - Middle Aged AU - Singhal P C AU - Chugh K S AU - Kaur S AU - Malik A K AB -
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.
BT - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/561762?dopt=Abstract DA - 1977 Apr-Jun IS - 2 J2 - Int. J. Lepr. Other Mycobact. Dis. LA - eng N2 -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.
PY - 1977 SP - 171 EP - 4 T2 - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association TI - Acute renal failure in leprosy. VL - 45 SN - 0148-916X ER -