A case of Graves's disease with MPO-ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis during propylthiouracil (PTU) therapy following interstitial pneumonitis

Japanese Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-171

  Saeki, Takako ^a,b   Miyamura, Shoji ^a   Nakano, Masaaki ^b   Arakawa, Masaaki ^b  

^a NAGAOKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

glomerulonephritis; Graves's disease; MPO ANCA; PTU

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; ANTITHYROID AGENT; PEROXIDASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROTEINURIA; SYMPTOM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; REVIEW;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; PEROXIDASE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

EID: 0031087254     PISSN: 03852385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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