Infections in children with nephrotic syndrome

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 337-339

  Moorani, Khemchand N ^a   Ahmed Khan, Khalid Mahmood ^a   Ramzan, Afroze ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

End stage renal disease; Infections; Nephrotic syndrome; Steroid

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PAKISTAN; PERITONITIS; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN INFECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PAKISTAN;

EID: 0038042817     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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