Changing epidemiology of acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis in Northeast Florida: A comparative study

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1101-1106

  Ilyas, Mohammad ^a,b   Tolaymat, Asad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute post streptococcal glomerulonephritis; Impetigo; Incidence; Pharyngitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE POSTSTREPTOCOCCAL GLUMERULONEPHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPETIGO; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; IMPETIGO; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44449154209     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-008-0778-1     Document Type: Article

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