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Hepatitis B virus‐associated nephropathy: 17 year progression from onset to end‐stage renal failure
Author(s) -
TOMONAGA KAORI,
IITAKA KIKUO,
NAKAMURA SHINYA,
MORIYA SHUNSUKE,
HOJO MIDORI,
SAKAI TADASU
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1996.tb03460.x
Subject(s) - medicine , seroconversion , nephropathy , hepatitis b virus , glomerulonephritis , gastroenterology , stage (stratigraphy) , hepatitis b , end stage renal failure , immunology , kidney , virus , pediatrics , endocrinology , dialysis , paleontology , biology , diabetes mellitus
Hepatitis B virus‐associated nephropathy (HB nephropathy) was first described in 1971. There have been few reports on the long‐term prognosis in children with HB nephropathy. A case is reported here of a child who presented with symptoms of acute glomerulonephritis at 12 years of age and progressed to end‐stage renal failure 17 years after the clinical onset, in spite of the seroconversion of HB virus by formation of HBe antibody.