2 CASES OF NEPHROTIC SYNDROME AND TERTIAN MALARIA IN SOUTH-EASTERN ANATOLIA

Authors
BIRCAN Z KERVANCIOGLU M SORAN M GONLUSEN G TUNCER I
Citation
Z. Bircan et al., 2 CASES OF NEPHROTIC SYNDROME AND TERTIAN MALARIA IN SOUTH-EASTERN ANATOLIA, Pediatric nephrology, 11(1), 1997, pp. 78-79
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Pediatric nephrology
ISSN journal
0931041X → ACNP
Volume
11
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
78 - 79
Database
ISI
SICI code
0931-041X(1997)11:1<78:2CONSA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Tertian malaria is endemic in south-eastern Anatolia. As in Europe and America, in south-eastern Anatolia, an etiological agent is seldom id entified in nephrotic syndrome, Two patients with Plasmodium vivax and nephrotic syndrome are described here. The possible relationship betw een Plasmodium vivax and nephrotic syndrome should be explored in chil dren in endemic malarial regions.