Predicting the response to cytotoxic therapy for childhood nephrotic syndrome: Superiority of response to corticosteroid therapy over histopathologic patterns

The Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 996-1001

  Schulman, Seth L ^a,b   Kaiser, Bruce A ^a,b   Polinsky, Martin S ^a,b   Srinivasan, R ^a,b   Baluarte, H Jorge ^a,b  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMBUCIL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROSIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STEROID THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; NEPHROSIS, LIPOID; PREDNISONE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0024270033     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(88)80570-5     Document Type: Article

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