Childhood post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis as a risk factor for chronic renal disease in later life

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 174, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 492-496

  White, Andrew V ^a,b,c,e   Hoy, Wendy E ^a   McCredie, David A ^d  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Remote Health   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Remote Health Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE;

ABNORMAL URINE COMPOSITION; ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EPIDEMIC; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PROTEINURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0035926939     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143394.x     Document Type: Article

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