Occurrence of subclinical post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis in family contacts

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-179

  Tasic, V ^a,b   Polenakovic, M ^a  

^a University Clinical Center Skopje   (Macedonia)

^b Clinic of Children Diseases   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Family contacts; Incidence; Post streptococcal glomerulonephritis; Siblings; Subclinical disease

Indexed keywords

ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; COMPLEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; HEMATURIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; INCIDENCE; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0037394852     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2003.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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