Acute viral hepatitis, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and prolonged acute renal failure: a case report.
A 10-year-old boy with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency developed acute renal failure during the icteric phase of non-fulminant hepatitis A infection. He needed peritoneal dialysis for 54 days. Acute tubular necrosis was confirmed by percutaneous renal biopsy. He had complete recovery of his renal function when he was discharged.
Department of Pediatrics, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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al-Rasheed
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al-Mugeiren
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al-Salloum
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al-Fawaz
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al-Sohaibani
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D005955:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D007683:Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D012529:Saudi Arabia