title: Repeated pregnancies in patients with non-immunoglobulin a mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the effect of repeated pregnancies on underlying MesGN and see the reciprocal effect on maternal and fetal outcome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pregnancy records of cases with histological diagnosis of MesGN were reviewed, and past medical histories recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cesarean section (CS). Only two patients developed renal insufficiency after undergoing 5 and 11 pregnancies and follow-up of 9 and 20 years respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The outcome of repeated pregnancies in patients with MesGN is comparable to normal deliveries. A higher incidence of pre-eclampsia, LBW babies and CS was noted in the post- compared to the pre-MesGN pregnancies. Repeated pregnancies do not influence the course of the MesGN.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Security Forces Hospital Program, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia. ghulamhassan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al-Mohaya
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Shaikh
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Al-Wakeel
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Al-Hozaim
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kechrid
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Al-Duhami
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Shetia
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: El Gamal
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hammed
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D015432:Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome