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Q J Med 2003; 96: 382-384
© 2003 Association of Physicians

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Proteinuric renal disease in children in South-Western Uganda

D.H. Newsom, H.H. Bode, J. Kiwanuka and P.W. Mathieson

Department of Paediatrics, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda University of Bristol, Bristol, UK e-mail p.mathieson@bris.ac.uk

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Sir,

Proteinuric renal disease is common in Africa in both children and adults: in the 1960s it accounted for 2–3% of medical admissions.1 The condition is more severe than nephrotic syndrome in developed countries, incurring high mortality and typically being resistant to corticosteroids or antimitotic agents. Admission rates with nephrotic syndrome are higher during periods of intense malaria transmission, and an . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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