Treatment of glomerulonephritis in microscopic polyangiitis and Churg- Strauss syndrome : Indications of plasma exchanges meta-analysis of 2 randomized studies on 140 patients, 32 with glomerulonephritis;Treatment des glomerulonephrites de la polyangeite microscopique et du syndrome de Churg-Strauss. Indications de echanges plasmatiques. Meta- analyse de deux etudes randomises chez 140 malades, 32 with glomerulonephrites

Annales de Medecine Interne

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 198-204

  Guillevin, Loïc ^a   Cevallos, Ramiro ^a   Durand Gasselin, Bernard ^a   Lhote, François ^a   Jarrousse, Bernard ^a   Callard, Patrice ^a  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Churg Strauss syndrome; Glomerulonephritis; Microscopio polyangiitis; Plasma exchange; Polyarteritis nodosa; Renal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEART DISEASE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTURIA; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; PURPURA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA EXCHANGE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0030738007     PISSN: 0003410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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