"Pregnancy in Partially Remitted Hepatitis B-Associated Membranous Glomerulonephritis."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, "Hepatitis B-associated glomerulonephritis is a relatively common cause of nephrotic syndrome in endemic areas affecting especially male children. When this disease affects girls or women, both the glomerular disease and the hepatitis B carrier state could affect subsequent pregnancies. This may be the first reported case of such a pregnancy. In this patient the partially remitted renal disease and the reduced infectivity of the hepatitis B carrier state decreased the influence of the disease on the pregnancy." The corresponding author for this study is: WD Bates, Univ...

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