Childhood XXXX and heavy @entity644 in Taiwan. A retrospective clinicopathologic study.

@entity1 @entity644 @entity230 @entity8 @entity1956 @entity1988 @entity1985 @entity631
From April 1981 to November 1987, 347 @entity1 with either @entity1985 ( @entity1985 ; 262 cases, 75.5%) or heavy @entity644 (85 cases, 24.5%) were studied to determine the clinicopathologic manifestation of these diseases among Taiwanese @entity1 . All of the @entity1 were less than 18 years of age and all had undergone renal biopsy. IgM mesangial @entity8 (IgMN; 93 cases, 26.9%) and minimal change @entity1985 (MCNS; 62 cases, 17.8%) are the most frequently found pathologic lesions. The clinical course of MCNS is always responsive to @entity230 and less relapsive. However, IgMN is characterized by its good initial response to @entity230 and frequent relapses. As for secondary @entity631 , @entity1988 has the first position and comprises 18.4% (64 cases) of all cases. @entity8 associated with @entity1956 antigenemia (HBVMN; 34 cases, 9.8%) has the second position. Most cases of @entity8 in @entity1 in Taiwan are HBVMN. The age of peak incidence is around 2-7 years old. Most of them had frequent relapses of @entity1985 or persistent heavy @entity644 . @entity631 ( @entity631 ) accounts for only 1.2% (4 cases) of all cases, relatively lower than reported elsewhere. The high incidence of IgMN, HBVMN and low incidence of @entity631 are probably due to geographic or racial differences in Taiwan with respect to those in other countries.
