title: How useful is immunofluorescence in tropical renal pathology?
abstract: A study of 841 renal biopsies from a south Indian hospital showed that immunofluorescence significantly helped in making a diagnosis in 74 cases. This contribution was most useful in biopsies from patients with nephritic or haematuric presentations; in those whose biopsies showed mesangial proliferative, focal proliferative, or crescentic glomerulonephritis; and in biopsies without changes detectable by light microscopy from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Date
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pant
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008181:Lupus Nephritis / Q000473:pathology; D014329:Tropical Climate