Renal involvement in leprosy.
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| 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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Índice:
IMSEAR (Asia Sudoriental)
Asunto principal:
Biopsia con Aguja
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Humanos
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Lepra Dimorfa
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Lepra Lepromatosa
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Lepra Tuberculoide
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Estudios Prospectivos
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Países en Desarrollo
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India
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Riñón
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Lepra
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio observacional
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Inglés
Año:
1991
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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