A randomized trial of cyclosporine in steroid-resistant idiopathic nephrotic syndrome

Kidney International

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 1377-1384

  Ponticelli, Claudio ^a   Rizzoni, Gianfranco ^b   Edefonti, Alberto ^b   Altieri, Paolo ^b   Rivolta, Emilio ^b   Rinaldi, Stefano ^b   Ghio, Luciana ^b   Lusvarghi, Egidio ^b   Gusmano, Rosanna ^b   Locatelli, Francesco ^b   Pasquali, Sonia ^b   Castellani, Alfonso ^b   Della Casa Alberighi, Ornella ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEINURIA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027162801     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.1993.194     Document Type: Article

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