Nephritic-nephrotic syndrome as a presentation of BK virus infection

BK virus (BKV) is increasingly found as an important cause of allograft nephro-pathy. Nephrotic syndrome is not a usual manifestation of BKV nephropathy. Here, we report a 12-year-old boy, a case of end-stage renal disease due to nephronophthisis, who got the kidney trans-planted from a 16-year-old...

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Main Authors: Nima Derakhshan, Dorna Derakhshan, Simin Torabinejad, Ali Derakhshan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Online Access:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2011;volume=22;issue=1;spage=123;epage=125;aulast=Derakhshan