"Topical nephropathy" and "tropical extramembranous glomerulonephritis" of unknown aetiology in Senegal.
Br Med J
; 1(5957): 541-6, 1975 Mar 08.
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A study of renal biopsy specimens obtained in Senegal from 24 children and six adults with nephrotic syndrome showed two unusual varieties of nephropathy--namely, an extramembranous glomerulonephritis associated with hypocomplementaemia (four cases), a combination previously described only in systemic lupus erythematosus, and a "tropical nephropathy" (16 cases). The latter, though lacking the diffuse glomerular deposits of immunoglobulin described in quartan malarial nephropathy (Q.M.N.), showed a curious progressive and segmental glomerulosclerosis, characterized by a "flaking" or fibrillary splitting of the glomerular capillary wall, seen in Q.M.N. Serological evidence of malaria was lacking in a third of the childhood cases.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Glomerulonefrite
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Nefropatias
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Child
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1975
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Article