• Sao Paulo Med J · Jan 2009

    Glomerular diseases in a Hispanic population: review of a regional renal biopsy database.

    • Luis Fernando Arias, Jorge Henao, Rubén Darío Giraldo, Nelson Carvajal, Joaquin Rodelo, and Mario Arbeláez.
    • Department of Pathology, PRYT Group, School of Medicine, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. luisfer_uda@yahoo.com
    • Sao Paulo Med J. 2009 Jan 1; 127 (3): 140144140-4.

    Context And ObjectiveEpidemiological data provide useful information for clinical practice and investigations. This study aimed to determine glomerular disease frequencies in a region of Colombia and it represents the basis for future studies.Design And SettingSingle-center retrospective analysis at the University of Antioquia, Colombia.MethodsAll native renal biopsies (July 1998 to December 2007) were reviewed, but only glomerular diseases were analyzed. The diagnosis of each case was based on histological, immunopathological and clinical features.ResultsA total of 1,040 biopsies were included. In 302 cases (29.0%), the patient's age was ConclusionsAs among Afro-Americans, FSGS is the most frequent type of glomerulopathy in our population, but in our group, there are more cases of IgAN. The reasons for these findings are unclear. This information is an important contribution towards understanding the prevalence of renal diseases in Latin America.

      Pubmed     Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…