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Response of hepatitis B induced membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis to HAART
  1. A Smith,
  2. J D Cartledge,
  3. M H Griffiths,
  4. R F Miller
  1. Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Mortimer Market Centre, London WC1E 6AU, UK
  1. Dr Miller rmiller{at}gum.ucl.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.77.4.302-b

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    Editor,—Renal disease occurring in HIV infected individuals is well described.1, 2 HIV associated nephropathy (HIVAN) is the predominant renal lesion in black patients, whereas immune complex and membranous nephropathy occur more commonly in white patients.1 Improvements in renal function have been described with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) when the underlying renal lesion is HIVAN or membranous nephropathy.3–5 We report here an HIV infected patient in whom renal disease caused by hepatitis B induced membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis improved with HAART.

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