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The study was done in 6 patients with glomerulopathy accompanying with positive HBsAg, Core-Ab, eAg in serum, in whom 4 were found from 70,000 school children by urine-massscreening and 2 were younger than school age and found in clinic. 4 of 6 were with membranous glomerulonephritis (MG) and 2 were with minimal change (MC). By immunofluorescence (1F), eAg was stained in glomerular deposit together with IgG was stained in glomerular deposit together with IgG and C3 in all 4 patients with MG, whereas HBs-AB was not detected. Circulating immune complex (CIC) was detected in patients in active stage of MG, but not in recovery stage after steroid treatment. In 2 patients with MC, all IF staining and CIC were negative.
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Hattori, S., Fruse, A., Terashima, T. et al. MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS AND HB-e ANTIGEN. Pediatr Res 14, 997 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198008000-00142
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