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Percutaneous renal biopsy results : a retrospective analysis of 511 consecutive cases
Joint Authors
Memon, Ghulam Murtada
Memon, Shehla
Tahir, Syeda Anjala
Tahir, Shumaila
Ahmad, Bushra
Rabbani, Malik Anas
Source
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Issue
Vol. 23, Issue 3 (30 Jun. 2012), pp.614-618, 5 p.
Publisher
Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation
Publication Date
2012-06-30
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
To determine the patterns of the prevalent glomerulonephritis (GN) in our region, we studied the results of 511 consecutive renal biopsies performed on patients with proteinuria, hematuria and mild to moderate renal impairment at the Aga Khan University Hospital during a period of 18 years from January 1990 to December 2008.
Primary glomerular disease accounted for two-thirds of the glomerular diseases, which in turn constituted 49 % of all renal biopsies.
The most common histological lesion was membranoproliferative disease (28 %).
Membranous GN was the second most common lesion (19 %), followed by minimal change disease (16 %) and focal segmental GN (11%).
Secondary glomerular disease comprised 30 % of glomerular diseases (21% of all the renal biopsies), with lupus nephritis forming the most common lesion (34 %) followed by amyloidosis (22 %), diabetic nephropathy (10 %), Wagener’s granulomatosus and postinfectious GN (9 % each).
Tubulointerstitial diseases accounted for 16 % of all the renal biopsies.
We conclude that there exists a wide variability in the different categories of primary and secondary glomerular diseases in our region as compared with different parts of the world.
Future studies should be directed to analyze the causes for these variations.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Rabbani, Malik Anas& Memon, Ghulam Murtada& Ahmad, Bushra& Memon, Shehla& Tahir, Syeda Anjala& Tahir, Shumaila. 2012. Percutaneous renal biopsy results : a retrospective analysis of 511 consecutive cases. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation،Vol. 23, no. 3, pp.614-618.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Rabbani, Malik Anas…[et al.]. Percutaneous renal biopsy results : a retrospective analysis of 511 consecutive cases. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation Vol. 23, no. 3 (Jun. 2012), pp.614-618.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Rabbani, Malik Anas& Memon, Ghulam Murtada& Ahmad, Bushra& Memon, Shehla& Tahir, Syeda Anjala& Tahir, Shumaila. Percutaneous renal biopsy results : a retrospective analysis of 511 consecutive cases. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation. 2012. Vol. 23, no. 3, pp.614-618.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 618
Record ID
BIM-297558