An update on acute postinfectious glomerulonephritis worldwide

Nature Reviews Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 259-269

  Kanjanabuch, Talerngsak ^a,b   Kittikowit, Wipawee ^b   Eiam Ong, Somchai ^b  

^a Kidney and Metabolic Disorders Research Center

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ACUTE POSTINFECTIOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEALTH; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; INFECTION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 67650382084     PISSN: 17595061     EISSN: 1759507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2009.44     Document Type: Review

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