1. Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Associated Glomerulopathy
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N. Lapointe, Pierre Robitaille, L. Nolin, S O'Regan, J.-G. Mongeau, and E. Turgeon-Knaack
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Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Kidney Glomerulus ,Fluorescent Antibody Technique ,Renal function ,Complement C3 ,urologic and male genital diseases ,medicine.disease ,Measles ,Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis ,Glomerular C3 deposition ,Glomerulopathy ,Immunoglobulin G ,Chronic Disease ,medicine ,Humans ,Mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis ,Kidney Diseases ,Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis ,Renal biopsy ,Microscopic hematuria ,business - Abstract
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a progressive neurologic disease associated with chronic measles infection. We have assessed renal function parameters and renal biopsy details in 14 patients with SSPE. All had normal renal function. However, 9 had microscopic hematuria. 9 patients had focal segmental mesangial proliferation and 5 had capillary wall thickening with deposits visible by light microscopy. 13 patients had glomerular C3 deposition and 4 had IgG deposits. SSPE is a disease caused by chronic viral infection, in which nephritogenic complex formation may occur.
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- 1979
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