A 41-year-old woman with protein S deficiency and diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis: Is protein S deficiency associated with a hyperinflammatory response?

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 931-935

  Kasuno, Kenji ^a   Tsuzuki, Daisuke ^a   Tanaka, Atsuo ^a   Ueda, Satoshi ^a   Sugawara, Akira ^a   Senzaki, Hideo ^a   Kuwahara, Takashi ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI NAKATSU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

C4b binding protein; Diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis; Protein S deficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0030961764     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6386(97)90468-6     Document Type: Article

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