Minimal XXXX in Malaysian adults and use of alternate day @entity134 therapy.

@entity1 @entity3441 @entity8 @entity4 @entity786 @entity177 @entity134 @entity1985
One hundred and forty-eight @entity1 over the age of 12 years seen from July 1972 through December 1980 were accepted for this review of @entity8 ( @entity8 ). The diagnosis was based on a typical clinical presentation, and renal biopsy findings. @entity8 forms 43.5 per cent of our @entity1 with @entity3441 . The @entity1 were predominantly young adults (82 per cent) and the onset of @entity1985 ( @entity1985 ) occurred below the age of 30 years. Most @entity1 had severe @entity4 and hypoalbuminaemia. Few @entity1 recovered spontaneously. One hundred and thirty @entity1 were given long-term alternate-day @entity134 (LASt) therapy. Four had @entity786 alone, 21 @entity1 had @entity786 after a trial of LASt. Eighty-four @entity1 (62.7 per cent) were initial responders: 17 of these after @entity786 , 26 (19.4 per cent) were initial non-responders: five @entity786 , 19 were late responders. Nine @entity1 were partial responders, six were non-responders and one went into @entity177 . Forty-one @entity1 defaulted, emigrated or were seen only locally at the time of study. Ninety-nine @entity1 were followed for three to 102 months (mean 23 . 3 months). Thirty-seven @entity1 were followed for 36 to 102 months. Relapses were infrequent but occurred as late as 60 months.
