IgA nephropathy in teaching hospitals of Dhaka.
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1997-04-01
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A light and immunofluorescence microscopic study on renal biopsies were performed on 42 patients. Nephrotic syndrome with accompanying microhematuria and recurrent hematuria (Macroscopic/microscopic) with or without renal failure were the commonest indications for renal biopsy. Primary IgA nephropathy was diagnosed in five cases. Among the IgA nephropathy patients, the commonest light microscopic finding was mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis. Macroscopic hematuria with proteinuria was the commonest feature. Three of the patients had hypertension at the time of renal biopsy. The age of the patients ranged from 19-38 years with a mean of 26 years. The high frequency of hypertension, degree of proteinuria and associated renal failure in one patient that it is a progressive disease. This preliminary study revealed that IgA nephropathy exists in Bangladesh. Larger samples need to be studied with a view to find out its prevalence and its peculiarities in this part of the world.
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Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin.
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Sharmin F, Khan BR, Rahman M, Rashid HU, Islam B, Kamal M, Barua AR, Chowdhury MA, Mohsin AU, Ahmed S. IgA nephropathy in teaching hospitals of Dhaka. Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin. 1997 Apr; 23(1): 25-9