Tuberculosis infection in children with proteinuria/nephrotic syndrome

Children with nephrotic syndrome (NS) are at greater risk of infections than the general population, due to immunodeficiency in the course of the disease and the treatment. In this study we present 4 children (2 girls, 2 boys), mean age 7.6 ±5.1 years, with NS/proteinuria and latent tuberculosis in...

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Main Authors: Hanna Szymanik-Grzelak, Elżbieta Kuźma-Mroczkowska, Piotr Skrzypczyk, Teresa Bielecka, Iwona Kotula, Małgorzata Pańczyk-Tomaszewska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Termedia Publishing House 2017-10-01
Series:Central European Journal of Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.termedia.pl/Tuberculosis-infection-in-children-with-proteinuria-nephrotic-syndrome,10,30878,1,1.html