Pregnancy in partially remitted hepatitis B-associated membranous glomerulonephritis.
Hepatitis B-associated glomerulonephritis is a relatively common cause of nephrotic syndrome in endemic areas affecting especially male children. When this disease affects girls or women, both the glomerular disease and the hepatitis B carrier state could affect subsequent pregnancies. This may be the first reported case of such a pregnancy. In this patient the partially remitted renal disease and the reduced infectivity of the hepatitis B carrier state decreased the influence of the disease on the pregnancy.
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Department of Pathology, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa.
Muller
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van Buuren
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Steyn
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D002353:Carrier State / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D015433:Glomerulonephritis, Membranous / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013997:Time Factors
D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens