'Progressive' versus 'indolent' idiopathic membranous glomerulonephritis

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 699-706

  Bone, J M ^a   Rustom, R ^a   Williams, P S ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SURVIVAL; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 0030776205     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/90.11.699     Document Type: Article

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