Affiliations 

  • 1 Izham KS Cheong, FRCP (Edin), FRCP(Glasg). Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • 2 Norella Kong, FRACP. Lecturer, Department of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • 3 Murugasu Segasothy, FRCP (Glasg), MD. Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • 4 Zaki Morad, FRCP (Edin). Consultant Nephrologist, Department of Nephrology, General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur
  • 5 Prasad Menon, MRCP (UK). Consultant Nephrologist, Department of Nephrology, General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur
  • 6 Abu Bakar Suleiman, FRACP. Consultant Nephrologist, Department of Nephrology, General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 1991 Jun;46(2):150-4.
PMID: 1839419

Abstract

Two-hundred and sixty-five patients with asymptomatic proteinuria and/or haematuria were studied at the Department of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Department of Nephrology, General Hospital Kuala Lumpur. They represented 25.4% of all the renal biopsies performed during the period 1980-88. All the three races were affected with 71.3% occurring between the ages of 20-39 years and 41.1% were detected during routine medical examination. Excluding those patients with lupus nephritis, IgA nephropathy was the commonest histological diagnosis (51.7%). The presence of severe and advanced histological changes in a significant number of biopsies emphasises the need for more effective screening and early referral of this group of patients.

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