TY - JOUR
KW - Amyloidosis
KW - Biopsy
KW - Glomerulonephritis
KW - Humans
KW - Kidney
KW - Kidney Glomerulus
KW - leprosy
AU - Gupta S C
AU - Bajaj A K
AU - Govil D C
AU - Sinha S N
AU - Kumar R
AB - <p>Twenty one patients of lepromatous leprosy were investigated for evidence of renal diseases. Histological lesions were observed in 76 percent cases. Sixty two percent of the cases showed a proliferative type of glomerulonephritis. Amyloidosis was present in 14 percent. The remaining 24 percent had either non-specific changes confined to renal tubules or were normal.</p>
BT - Leprosy in India
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7253569?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 1981 Apr
IS - 2
J2 - Lepr India
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Twenty one patients of lepromatous leprosy were investigated for evidence of renal diseases. Histological lesions were observed in 76 percent cases. Sixty two percent of the cases showed a proliferative type of glomerulonephritis. Amyloidosis was present in 14 percent. The remaining 24 percent had either non-specific changes confined to renal tubules or were normal.</p>
PY - 1981
SP - 179
EP - 84
T2 - Leprosy in India
TI - A study of percutaneous renal biopsy in lepromatous leprosy.
VL - 53
SN - 0024-1024
ER -