Acute postinfectious glomerulonephritis in the modern era: Experience with 86 adults and review of the literature

Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-32

  Nasr, Samih H ^a   Markowitz, Glen S ^a   Stokes, Michael B ^a   Said, Samar M ^a   Valeri, Anthony M ^a   D'Agati, Vivette D ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ACUTE POSTINFECTIOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38349142233     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/md.0b013e318161b0fc     Document Type: Article

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