title: Hepatitis B virus-associated nephropathy: 17 year progression from onset to end-stage renal failure.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomonaga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iitaka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moriya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hojo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakai
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D018450:Disease Progression; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000209:etiology*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male