Abstract
Hepatitis B and C are known to affect kidneys in a number of ways. Glomerular diseases associated with hepatitis B and C include membranous nephropathy (MN), membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN), focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, immunoglobulin A nephropathy, rarely amyloidosis, and fibrillary and immunotactoid glomerulopathy. In a retrospective analysis of kidney biopsy of 534 patients, we found 16 (2.9%) patients of hepatitis B and 11 (2.05%) patients of hepatitis C with glomerular disease. The most common form of glomerulonephritis in hepatitis B patient was MN and in hepatitis C patient was MPGN.
MeSH terms
-
Adult
-
Biomarkers / blood
-
Biopsy
-
Female
-
Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / diagnosis
-
Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / epidemiology*
-
Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / virology
-
Glomerulonephritis, Membranous / diagnosis
-
Glomerulonephritis, Membranous / epidemiology*
-
Glomerulonephritis, Membranous / virology
-
Hepatitis B / diagnosis
-
Hepatitis B / epidemiology*
-
Hepatitis B / genetics
-
Hepatitis B / virology
-
Hepatitis B Antibodies / blood
-
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / blood
-
Hepatitis B e Antigens / blood
-
Hepatitis C / diagnosis
-
Hepatitis C / epidemiology*
-
Hepatitis C / genetics
-
Hepatitis C / virology
-
Hepatitis C Antibodies / blood
-
Humans
-
India / epidemiology
-
Male
-
RNA, Viral / blood
-
RNA, Viral / genetics
-
Retrospective Studies
-
Viral Load
Substances
-
Biomarkers
-
Hepatitis B Antibodies
-
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
-
Hepatitis B e Antigens
-
Hepatitis C Antibodies
-
RNA, Viral