A prolonged course of Group A streptococcus-associated nephritis: A mild case of dense deposit disease (DDD)?

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 703-707

  Sawanobori, E ^a   Umino, A ^a   Kanai, H ^a   Matsushita, K ^a   Iwasa, S ^b   Kitamura, H ^c   Oda, T ^d   Yoshizawa, N ^e   Sugita, K ^a   Higashida, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b YAMANASHI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SAKURA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^e Hirose Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dense deposit disease; Group A hemolytic streptococci; Hypocomplementemia; Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis Type II; Nephritis associated plasmin receptor

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; KIDNEY ANTIGEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEPHRITIC FACTOR; NEPHRITIS ASSOCIATED PLASMIN RECEPTOR; PLASMIN; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; NEPHRITIS ASSOCIATED PLASMINOGEN RECEPTOR, STREPTOCOCCUS; NEPHRITIS-ASSOCIATED PLASMINOGEN RECEPTOR, STREPTOCOCCUS;

ALLERGIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DENSE DEPOSIT DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEMATURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PROTEINURIA; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILD; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROTEINURIA; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 67651024934     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CNP71703     Document Type: Article

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