Renal lesions in leprosy: A retrospective study of 199 autopsies

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-30

  Nakayama, Edson Eiji ^a   Ura, Somei ^a   Negratildeo, Raul ^a   Soares, Vitor ^a  

^a INSTITUTO LAURO DE SOUZA LIMA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis (AMY); Glomerulonephritis (GN); Hansen's disease; Leprosy; Nephrosclerosis (NPS); Renal lesion (RL); Renal lesions (RLs)

Indexed keywords

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM LEPROSUM; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY INJURY; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; SURVIVAL RATE; TROPHIC ULCER; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0034968878     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2001.25177     Document Type: Article

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