A Case of Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis Associated with Hepatitis C Virus / 대한신장학회잡지
Korean Journal of Nephrology
;
: 1004-1008, 2004.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-224240
ABSTRACT
Chronic HCV infection has been reported to be associated with several extrahepatic conditions such as cryoglobulinemia, lymphoma, lichen planus, porphyria cutanea tarda, autoimmune thyroiditis, and renal disease. Glomerular disease may occur in patients with chronic HCV infection. The most common patterns are membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, and less frequently, membranous nephropathy, fibrillary glomerulonephritis and immunotactoid glomerulopathy. Few crescentic glomerulonephritis has been reported in association with HCV infection, and no case was reported in Korea yet. We experienced one case of rapidly progressive glomeruloinephritis with the pathology of crescentic glomerulonephritis complicated in membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in a patient with HCV infection.
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Main subject:
Pathology
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Thyroiditis, Autoimmune
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Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative
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Glomerulonephritis, Membranous
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Hepatitis C
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Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
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Hepacivirus
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Cryoglobulinemia
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Glomerulonephritis
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Hepatitis
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Nephrology
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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