in an attempt to clarify the relationship between hepatitis b virus ( hbv ) infection and glomerulonephritis ( gn ) , and to explore the significance and possible mechanisms of hbv deposition in kidney , renal biopsy specimens obtained from 69 hbv carriers with various forms of gn and 69 age- , sex- , and renal histology-matched controls were studied with 4-layer pap immunoperoxidase and indirect immunofluorescence techniques using monoclonal antibodies to hbv surface ( hbsag ) , core ( hbcag ) and e antigen ( hbeag ) .
C0017658
gn
C0022646
renal