A case of myeloperoxidase-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) -positive crescentic glomerulonephritis induced by propylthiouracil (PTU)

Japanese Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 517-522

  Kato, Hiroaki ^a   Osajima, Akihiko ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Serino, Ryota ^a   Kabashima, Narutoshi ^a   Tamura, Masahito ^a   Segawa, Kayoko ^a   Anai, Hirohumi ^a   Takasugi, Masayuki ^a   Nakajima, Yasuhide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (anca); Crescentic glomerulonephritis; Hyperthyroidism; Propylthiouracil (ptu)

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; PULSATILE DRUG RELEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINALYSIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MIDDLE AGED; PEROXIDASE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

EID: 0030820316     PISSN: 03852385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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