Adult minimal change disease presenting with bilateral pulmonary artery thromboses - A reversible complication

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2485-2488

  Kao, Shih Chen ^a   Tsai, Chi Jen ^a   Shieh, Wen Bin ^a   Wu, Mai Szu ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Minimal change disease; Nephrotic syndrome; Pulmonary artery thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 0030477142     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.ndt.a027220     Document Type: Article

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