title: Asymptomatic proteinuria and/or haematuria in 265 Malaysian adults.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Cheong
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Segasothy
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Morad
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Menon
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Suleiman
mesh_terms: 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*