Henoch-Schönlein nephritis associated with streptococcal infection and persistent hypocomplementemia: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rivera, Francisco ^a   Anaya, Sara ^a   Pérez Álvarez, Javier ^b   Sánchez De La Nieta, Maria D ^a   Vozmediano, María C ^a   Blanco, Julia ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CIUDAD REAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CODEINE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPLEMENT BLOOD LEVEL; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; NEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 77649242938     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-50     Document Type: Article

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