Renal involvement in leprosy.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-92233
ABSTRACT
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.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Biopsy, Needle
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Humans
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Leprosy, Borderline
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Leprosy, Lepromatous
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Leprosy, Tuberculoid
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Prospective Studies
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Developing Countries
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India
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Kidney
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Leprosy
Type of study:
Observational study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
1991
Type:
Article
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