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Article: Clinical and pathological characteristics of patients with glomerular diseases at a university teaching hospital: 5-year prospective review

TitleClinical and pathological characteristics of patients with glomerular diseases at a university teaching hospital: 5-year prospective review
Authors
KeywordsBiopsy
Glomerulonephritis
Kidney diseases/pathology
Issue Date1999
PublisherHong Kong Medical Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hkmj.org
Citation
Hong Kong Medical Journal, 1999, v. 5 n. 3, p. 240-244 How to Cite?
AbstractOBJECTIVE. To examine the prevalence of glomerular disease in Hong Kong. DESIGN. Prospective review. SETTING. University teaching hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS. All patients who presented with suspected glomerular disease from 1993 through 1997. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES. Histopathological diagnosis from biopsy examination and clinical features of presentation. RESULTS. A total of 1629 consecutive percutaneous renal biopsies of native kidneys showed glomerular disease in 1413 cases. The most common clinical indication for renal biopsy was persistent proteinuria (n=735; 52.0%), while the most frequently found glomerular lesion was immunoglobulin A nephropathy (n=338; 23.9%). Minimal-change nephrotic syndrome (n=125; 8.8%) and immunoglobulin M nephropathy (n=11; 0.8%), were the most common glomerular diseases that presented with nephrotic syndrome. The male to female ratio for lupus nephritis was 1:14 (n=290), whereas for minimal-change nephrotic syndrome, the ratio was 1.8:1 (n=125). Immunoglobulin A nephropathy and membranous glomerulonephritis (n=117) affected approximately equal numbers of male and female patients. Familial fibrillary glomerulonephritis, a disease hitherto unknown in Hong Kong, was diagnosed in two siblings. CONCLUSION. Immunoglobulin A nephropathy was the most common glomerular disease in this survey and represents an important cause of end-stage renal failure in the Hong Kong population.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/53401
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dc.contributor.authorChan, KWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, DTMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCheng, IKPen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2009-04-03T07:18:49Z-
dc.date.available2009-04-03T07:18:49Z-
dc.date.issued1999en_HK
dc.identifier.citationHong Kong Medical Journal, 1999, v. 5 n. 3, p. 240-244en_HK
dc.identifier.issn1024-2708en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/53401-
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE. To examine the prevalence of glomerular disease in Hong Kong. DESIGN. Prospective review. SETTING. University teaching hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS. All patients who presented with suspected glomerular disease from 1993 through 1997. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES. Histopathological diagnosis from biopsy examination and clinical features of presentation. RESULTS. A total of 1629 consecutive percutaneous renal biopsies of native kidneys showed glomerular disease in 1413 cases. The most common clinical indication for renal biopsy was persistent proteinuria (n=735; 52.0%), while the most frequently found glomerular lesion was immunoglobulin A nephropathy (n=338; 23.9%). Minimal-change nephrotic syndrome (n=125; 8.8%) and immunoglobulin M nephropathy (n=11; 0.8%), were the most common glomerular diseases that presented with nephrotic syndrome. The male to female ratio for lupus nephritis was 1:14 (n=290), whereas for minimal-change nephrotic syndrome, the ratio was 1.8:1 (n=125). Immunoglobulin A nephropathy and membranous glomerulonephritis (n=117) affected approximately equal numbers of male and female patients. Familial fibrillary glomerulonephritis, a disease hitherto unknown in Hong Kong, was diagnosed in two siblings. CONCLUSION. Immunoglobulin A nephropathy was the most common glomerular disease in this survey and represents an important cause of end-stage renal failure in the Hong Kong population.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherHong Kong Medical Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hkmj.orgen_HK
dc.rightsHong Kong Medical Journal. Copyright © Hong Kong Medical Association.en_HK
dc.subjectBiopsyen_HK
dc.subjectGlomerulonephritisen_HK
dc.subjectKidney diseases/pathologyen_HK
dc.titleClinical and pathological characteristics of patients with glomerular diseases at a university teaching hospital: 5-year prospective reviewen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.openurlhttp://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=1024-2708&volume=5&issue=3&spage=240&epage=244&date=1999&atitle=Clinical+and+pathological+characteristics+of+patients+with+glomerular+diseases+at+a+university+teaching+hospital:+5-year+prospective+reviewen_HK
dc.identifier.emailChan, KW: hrmtckw@hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailChan, DTM: dtmchan@hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailCheng, IKP: hrmekpc@HKUCC.hku.hken_HK
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_versionen_HK
dc.identifier.pmid11828062en_HK
dc.identifier.hkuros47763-
dc.identifier.issnl1024-2708-

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