Clinicopathological analysis and therapy in hepatitis C virus-associated nephropathy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 529-533

  Komatsuda, Atsushi ^b   Imai, Hirokazu ^b   Wakui, Hideki ^b   Hamai, Keiko ^b   Ohtani, Hiroshi ^b   Kodama, Takahito ^b   Oyama, Yuhta ^b   Miura, Akira B ^b   Nakamoto, Yasushi ^a  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

HCV genotype; hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection; IgA nephropathy; membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN); membranous nephropathy (MN); treatment

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATURIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROTEINURIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029759937     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.35.529     Document Type: Article

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