Philip Webster, Louise M Webster, H Terence Cook, Catherine Horsfield, Paul T Seed, Raquel Vaz, Clara Santos, Isabelle Lydon, Michele Homsy, Liz Lightstone, Kate Bramham
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: For many women pregnancy is the first contact with health services, thus providing an opportunity to identify renal disease. This study compares causes and long-term renal outcomes of biopsy-proven renal disease identified during pregnancy or within 1 year postpartum, with nonpregnant women. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: Native renal biopsies (1997-2012), in women of childbearing age (16 to <50 years), from 21 hospitals were studied...
March 7, 2017: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: CJASN