Asymptomatic acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis following upper respiratory tract infections caused by Group A streptococci

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 296-301

  Yoshizawa, N ^a   Suzuki, Y ^a   Oshima, S ^a   Takeuchi, A ^a   Kondo, S ^a   Ishida, A ^a   Nakabayashi, I ^a   Nishiyama, J ^a   Tazawa, K ^c   Sagel, I ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Acute glomerulonephritis; Asymptomatic acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis; Chronicity; Non IgA glomerulonephritis; Streptococcal infection

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; JAPAN; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 10544255087     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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