Auto-antibodies and glomerulonephritis in Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Autoimmunity

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 640-641

  Eisenhut, Michael ^a  

^a BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AUTOANTIBODY; CYSTATIN C; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

GHANA; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; URINE LEVEL;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 78149422527     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: 1607842X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08916931003599088     Document Type: Letter

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