Clinical features, pathogenesis and treatment of hepatitis B virus-associated membranous nephropathy in children |
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| Authors: | CHING-YUANG LIN |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Pediatrics, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei and National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan, China |
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| Abstract: | Summary: Membranous nephropathy (MN) is the commonest named lesion associated with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in Taiwanese children. This review focuses on the clinical features, the pathogenesis and immune abnormality and possible treatment of HBV-MN. |
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| Keywords: | glomerulonephritis hepatitis B membranous glomerulopathy proteinuria treatment |
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