A field study of proteinuria in individuals infected with Schistosoma mansoni

Proteinuria was detected in 24.7% of 89 individuals with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis and in only 4.6% of 86 subjects with mild hepato-intestinal schistosomiasis, all of them living in comparable conditions in two endemic areas in Bahia, Brazil. From nine individuals who hadproteinuria over30 mg/10...

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Main Authors: José Carlos Bina, Zilton A. Andrade, Reynaldo Dietze, Aluízio Prata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1985-03-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821985000100003