Steroid Therapy during the Early Stage of Progressive IgA Nephropathy

Nephron

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-242

  Kobayashi, Yutaka ^a   Hiki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kokubo, Tohru ^a   Ilorii, Akira ^a   Tateno, Sumio ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early stage; Progressive IgA nephropathy; Steroid therapy; Ten year follow up

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SCORING SYSTEM; STEROID THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030045059     PISSN: 16608151     EISSN: 22353186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000188848     Document Type: Article

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