Nutcracker syndrome combined with IgA nephropathy in a child with recurrent hematuria.

Pediatr Int

Department of Pediatrics, The Institute of Kidney Disease, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Published: June 2006

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