Publications by authors named "Amith Vijay Leon D'Souza"

A prevalent clinical scenario is provided in this case study, in which a 22-year-old lady with a five-year history of lupus nephritis with acute motor axonal neuropathy presents for therapy. The patient received immunomodulator medication and steroids to control her symptoms to keep up with her everyday life despite the absence of comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes, and hypothyroidism. No laboratory measures were changed, including hemoglobin, serum creatinine, or thyroid function.

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Background: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) has a significant mortality rate. In developing countries, mortality due to AKI is high due to lack of access to dialysis facilities and related cost. The main goal of International Society of Nephrology (ISN) 0 by 25 initiative is to eliminate deaths due to AKI.

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Hepatitis B and C are known to affect kidneys in a number of ways. Glomerular diseases associated with hepatitis B and C include membranous nephropathy (MN), membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN), focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, immunoglobulin A nephropathy, rarely amyloidosis, and fibrillary and immunotactoid glomerulopathy. In a retrospective analysis of kidney biopsy of 534 patients, we found 16 (2.

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