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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1984;27(3):265-270. Published online March 31, 1984.

Korean Hemorrhagic Fever in Children.

Won Seok Lee¹, Yong Hoon Park¹, Ja Hoon Koo¹, Doo Hong Ahn¹, Yong Jin Kim²

¹Department of Pediatric, Kyungpook National University, School of Medicine, Taegu, Korea
²Department ofPathology, Kyungpook National University, School of Medicine, Taegu, Korea

Abstract

Korean hemorrhagic fever is acute febrile illness caused by Hantan virus. It involves capillaries and small vessels systemically, and leads to dysfunctions of many organs, esp. kidney. In recent years, we have experienced 4 cases of korean hemorrhagic fever in children’s age group. Diagnosis was confirmed by immunofluorescent technique in one case and renal biopsy was done in 2 cases. All of them recovered uneventfully after variable period of renal failure.

Keywords :Korean hemorrhagic fever; acute renal failure; thrombocytopenia; Hantan virus