The medical response to trench nephritis in World War One

Kidney International

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 635-640

  Atenstaedt, R L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hantavirus; Military personnel; Nephritis; World War I

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; POISON;

CHEMICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSENSUS; DIET; DYSPNEA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEG SWELLING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MILITARY MEDICINE; NEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLDIER; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWELLING; WAR; WAR NEPHRITIS;

EUROPE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MILITARY MEDICINE; NEPHRITIS; WORLD WAR I;

EID: 33747058460     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5001618     Document Type: Review

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