Longterm low dose cyclosporine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Renal function loss without structural nephropathy

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-64

  Landewé, Robert B M ^a   Dijkmans, Ben A C ^a   Van Der Woude, Fokko J ^a   Breedveld, Ferdinand C ^a   Mihatsch, Michael J ^b   Bruijn, Jan Anthony ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine; Nephropathy; Renal function

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOPSY; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030028037     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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