The pattern of renal disease in Malaysia.
An analysis of 1000 consecutive, adequate renal biopsies from patients of the University Hospital Kuala Lumpur between 1982 and 1991 revealed: minimal change nephritis (20.7%), focal glomerulosclerosis (2.9%), proliferative glomerulonephritides (16.0%), membranous glomerulonephritis (5.5%), IgA nephropathy (18.5%), lupus nephritis (24.9%), end stage nephropathy (3.1%) and others (8.4%). Compared with the previous decade, IgA nephropathy has emerged as a common entity. Lupus nephritis forms the largest diagnostic entity and is probably related to the selected referral of SLE patients to this hospital.
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Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D005922:Glomerulonephritis, IGA / Q000208:ethnology / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000276:immunology; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged