Collapsing glomerulopathy after Plasmodium falciparum infection
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Collapsing glomerulopathy after Plasmodium falciparum infection
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infection caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium and may present as a spectrum of diseases ranging from asymptomatic infection to death. The estimated 660 000 fatal cases annually are almost all caused by Plasmodium falciparum, due to the ability of this species to cause high parasitaemia and sequestration of the infected erythrocytes in the microvasculature of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Kidney Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2048-8505,2048-8513
DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfu081