Renal involvement in leprosy: Retrospective analysis of 461 cases in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-112

  Bezerra da Silva Jr , Geraldo ^a,b   De Francesco Daher, Elizabeth ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Kidney; Leprosy; Renal abnormalities; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

CLOFAZIMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; DAPSONE; RIFAMPICIN; THALIDOMIDE; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONHUMAN; PROTEINURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33746929906     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 14138670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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