Asymptomatic proteinuria and/or haematuria in 265 Malaysian adults.
Two-hundred and sixty-five patients with asymptomatic proteinuria and/or haematuria were studied at the Department of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Department of Nephrology, General Hospital Kuala Lumpur. They represented 25.4% of all the renal biopsies performed during the period 1980-88. All the three races were affected with 71.3% occurring between the ages of 20-39 years and 41.1% were detected during routine medical examination. Excluding those patients with lupus nephritis, IgA nephropathy was the commonest histological diagnosis (51.7%). The presence of severe and advanced histological changes in a significant number of biopsies emphasises the need for more effective screening and early referral of this group of patients.
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Department of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005922:Glomerulonephritis, IGA / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008875:Middle Aged; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000209:etiology*