ACUTE VIRAL-HEPATITIS, GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE-DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY AND PROLONGED ACUTE-RENAL-FAILURE - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
ALRASHEED SA ALMUGEIREN MM ALSALLOUM AA ALFAWAZ IM ALSOHAIBANI MO
Citation
Sa. Alrasheed et al., ACUTE VIRAL-HEPATITIS, GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE-DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY AND PROLONGED ACUTE-RENAL-FAILURE - A CASE-REPORT, Annals of tropical paediatrics, 15(3), 1995, pp. 255-257
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Tropical Medicine
Journal title
Annals of tropical paediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
02724936
Volume
15
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
255 - 257
Database
ISI
SICI code
0272-4936(1995)15:3<255:AVGDA>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A 10-year-old boy with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency de veloped acute renal failure during the icteric phase of non-fulminant hepatitis A infection. He needed peritoneal dialysis for 54 days. Acut e tubular necrosis was confirmed by percutaneous renal biopsy. He had complete recovery of his renal function when he was discharged.