Summary
Dublin appeared to experience an epidemic of acute nephritis over a period of some twenty months, from early 1942 to the close of 1943.
Consideration of a series of 87 cases personally observed in hospital wards failed to show any uniformity of causative factors. Fifteen cases, and most of these amongst the mildest, were associated with an infection. The remaining 72 cases, described as an idiopathic group, were in general of an unusually severe and protracted type.
The clinical features are described, and treatment is discussed.
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Thompson, A. Acute nephritis—A clinical study. Ir J Med Sci 25, 342–348 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02950690
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