PEDIATRICS Vol. 40 No. 6 December 1967, pp. 1028-1030
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Occurrence of Acute Glomerulonephritis in Sibling Contacts of Children with Sporadic Acute Glomerulonephritis

WARREN F. DODGE M.D.1, BENJAMIN H. SPARGO M.D.1, and LUTHER B. TRAVIS M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77550, and Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Additional cases of acute glomerulonephritis in sibling contacts were observed in from one fourth (proven by renal biopsy) to one half (proven and suspected) of the index case sibships examined. These data suggest that the occurrence of acute glomerulonephritis in family contacts of children with sporadic acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis is so common as to warrant close observation of the other siblings.