IgA nephritis: On the importance of morphological and clinical parameters in the long-term prognosis of 239 patients

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 137-147

  Bogenschutz O ^a   Bohle, A ^a   Batz, C ^a   Wehrmann, M ^a   Pressler, H ^a   Kendziorra, H ^a   Gartner H V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

IgA nephritis; Interstitial fibrosis; Long term prognosis; Tubulointerstitial lesions

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; ARTERIOLES; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0025354285     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000168068     Document Type: Article

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