Elevated plasma levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in children with acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 295-298

  Taskesen, Mustafa ^a   Taskesen, Tuncay ^a   Katar, Selahattin ^a   Karadede, Abdülaziz ^a   Ali Tas, Mehmet ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis; Cardiac function; fChildren; NT pro BNP

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; NIFEDIPINE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (1 76); PRO-BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (1-76);

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERVOLEMIA; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOLYSIN TITER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; PATHOLOGY;

CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 66149111719     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.217.295     Document Type: Article

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