Minimal change glomerulonephritis in a 90-year-old patient: What is the ideal approach?

Nephron

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 670-673

  Norris, Mireille ^a   Kissel, Catherine ^a   Roy, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elderly; Minimal change glomerulopathy; Renal biopsy

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION;

EID: 0029780469     PISSN: 16608151     EISSN: 22353186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000189156     Document Type: Article

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