Two cases of self-limiting nephropathies secondary to dengue haemorrhagic fever

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Vasanwala, Farhad Fakhrudin ^a   Puvanendran, R ^a   Ng, J M ^a   Suhail, S M ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dengue haemorrhagic fever; Immune complexes; Nephrotic range proteinuria; Plasma leakage; Self limiting glomerulonephritis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; DENGUE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROTEINURIA; SINGAPORE;

ADULT; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; PROTEINURIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68249108814     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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