The Effects of Helicobacter Pylori Eradication on Proteinuria in Patients With Membranous Nephropathy

Summary

Membranous nephropathy (MN) may also be secondary to many other diseases (e.g., infections, drugs, neoplasms and autoimmune diseases). In this study, the presence of Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) antigen was investigated in renal tissue from needle biopsy samples, and the prevalence of H. pylori infection and the effects of H. pylori eradication on proteinuria level in patients with MN will be investigated.

Timeline

Start

2006-03

Primary completion

2008-12

Completion

2009-07

Publications

• Caliskan B, Yazici H, Caliskan Y, Ozluk Y, Gulluoglu M, Kilicaslan I, Turkmen A, Sever MS. The Effects of Helicobacter pylori Eradication on Proteinuria in Patients with Primary Glomerulonephritis. Int J Nephrol. 2014;2014:180690. doi: 10.1155/2014/180690. Epub 2014 Feb 24.

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