MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS ASSOCIATED WITH HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION IN RENAL TRANSPLANT PATIENTS1,2

Abstract

In summary, HCV is preferentially associated with MGN in renal transplant patients, rather than with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis as in the normal adult population. MGN associated with HCV infection has a similar clinical picture and outcome to posttransplant idiopathic de novo MGN, with persistent massive proteinuria and progressive deterioration of renal function.