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We describe a middle class Sicilian girl who at 8 months of age suffered from acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis documented by clinical history, a positive type 12 β-haemolytic streptococcus throat culture, a raised anti-sterptolysin O titre and a low C3 rising to normal after 8 weeks.
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Volti, S.L., Furnari, M.L., Garozzo, R. et al. Acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis in an 8-month-old girl. Pediatr Nephrol 7, 737–738 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01213338
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