"Full house" proliferative glomerulonephritis: An unreported presentation of subacute infective endocarditis

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 745-749

  Lee, Lung Chih ^a   Lam, King Kwan ^a   Lee, Chien Te ^a   Chen, Jin Bor ^a   Tsai, Tzu Hsien ^b   Huang, Shun Chen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

"Full house" immunostaining; Diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis; Endocarditis related glomerulonephritis

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDEMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PROTEINURIA; SEROLOGY; URINALYSIS;

AGED; ENDOCARDITIS, SUBACUTE BACTERIAL; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VASCULITIS; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

EID: 39449129588     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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