Renal pathology and premortem clinical presentation of Caucasian patients with AIDS: an autopsy study from the era prior to antiretroviral therapy

Abstract

Renal involvement in HIV disease is very common at the time of death among patients of Caucasian origin. However, classical HIV-associated nephropathy is absent in this population. These findings suggest that kidney disease affects all races and supports the hypothesis that HIVAN is specifically related to non-Caucasian ethnicity. The results reflect renal disease unaffected by HIV-specific antiretroviral therapy.