Rapidly progressive IgA nephropathy with anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies benefits from immunosuppression

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 269-273

  Allmaras, E ^a   Nowack, R ^b   Andrassy, K ^c,e   Waldherr, R ^d   Van Der Woude, F ^b   Ritz, E ^c  

^a Nephrologische Abt T   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Medizinische Klinik   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ANCA; Crescentic IgA GN; Myeloperoxidase antibodies; RPGN

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3C; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; SEROLOGY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEROXIDASE;

EID: 0030687488     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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