Glomerulonephritis in schistosomiasis mansoni: a time to reappraise Glomerulonefrite na esquistossomose mansônica: um tempo para reavaliar

INTRODUCTION: The current prevalence of glomerulonephritis in patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni in Brazil was evaluated. METHODS: Sixty three patients (mean age 45.5±11 years) attending the outpatient infectious disease clinic of a University Hospital in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, fro...

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Main Authors: Valério Ladeira Rodrigues, Alba Otoni, Izabela Voieta, Carlos Maurício de Figueiredo Antunes, José Roberto Lambertucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2010-12-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822010000600007