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Heavy proteinuria following dengue hemorrhagic fever.
We report a case of nephrotic range proteinuria with 24-hour urine protein level of 335.7 mg/kg/day which developed following dengue hemorrhagic fever. Due to prolonged hypoalbuminemia from renal loss, right pleural effusion persisted and required pleuracentesis. The patient did not have classical nephrotic syndrome. The proteinuria improved without specific treatment. A renal biopsy was not pe...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista Virtual de la Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Interna
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2312-3893
DOI: 10.18004/rvspmi/2312-3893/2014.01(01)18-027