Nephrotic syndrome in Namibian children

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1088-1091

  Van Buuren, A J ^a   Bates, W D ^a   Muller, N ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; NAMIBIA; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; KIDNEY; MALE; NAMIBIA; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; STEROIDS;

EID: 0032705131     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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