Acute Glomerulonephritis in Zaria
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Summary: A retrospective study of 202 children with acute glomerulonephritis in Zaria over a four-year period is reported. The main clinical features were preceding or concurrent pyoderma/infected scabies in 79%, generalised oedema in 73% and hypertension in 68% of the patients. Three quarters of the patients were between four and ten years of age. Serum albumin was less than zoomg/100ml (30g/L) in 44%, and hepatitis B surface antigen was detected in the serum of 41% of the patients tested. There were only three deaths.
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