Hepatitis - B - associated glomerulonephritis in children

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 239-246

  Öner, Ayşe ^a   Tinaztepe, Keriman ^b   Demircin, Gülay ^a  

^a DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B associated glomerulopathies; Membranoproproliferative glomerulonephritis; Membranous glomerulonephritis; Spontaneous remission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REMISSION; VIROLOGY;

BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0031110391     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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