title: Pregnancy in partially remitted hepatitis B-associated membranous glomerulonephritis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa.
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Muller
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: van Buuren
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Steyn
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens