Improvement of proteinuria in a case of hepatitis B-associated glomerulonephritis after treatment with interferon.
Disappearance of proteinuria was observed in a patient with hepatitis B-associated chronic glomerulonephritis after treatment with leukocyte interferon. The decrease of proteinuria was preceded by the disappearance of both deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase activity and hepatitis B e antigen from the patient's sera.
D000293:Adolescent; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000032:analysis; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000209:etiology*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000209:etiology
D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens; D007370:Interferon Type I; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase